I wrote an article on my more personal blog (which I’ve used in fits and starts over the years) about how the gadgets my dad brought into the house growing up shaped my sensibilities about technology. I link to it here because it’s a bit of an “origin story” for my professional career, and it’s an interesting journey into some older computing and electronics technology (which especially for people younger than me will seem irresistibly foreign and exotic).
I think we are shaped by the technologies we’re exposed to in ways we don’t fully understand. It’s probably valuable to reflect upon the tools you have used, and how they affect how you attack problems these days. Both to take stock of what your experience brings to you, and what you might perhaps need to discard to move forward.
