Love computers, still remember when my bother in law got is first Commodore 64 computer, maybe with a tape drive and floppy.
I remember him showing me how he set up his retirement accounts to track.
Since that day I dreamed of getting one, things progressing fast and busy at that time of my life I finally made my first purchase of a Windows 95 around 96. It was a self contained Packard Bell. I was hooked right away, when on to separates with more memory, external dial up modems, swapping out hard drives for larger ones, more memory!!! and ultimately as soon as a new processor would come out, replaced that and the motherboard, LOVED IT ALL. But no, I was never in the industry, there was something about me and school that I just wasnt a classroom guy, now mature if I had to do it all over maybe.
I owned a retail store which still stands today with the next generation that my partner and I sold too. But we retained ownership of the building I speak of, mixed commercial and residential.
Anyway, since I was like 11 years old. I was the go to kid/guy in my community about anything electronic. Loved reading it all, best friends rather wealthy dad took me to stores for security systems as I got older, also for his complete new home stereo system. Same for all my siblings, audio, video, installed audio system in one of their fairly sized boats with dual stations/flybridge)
Wired all my own boats for electronics, circuit panels for (at the time) latest CRT color depth sounder. Marine radios everything. Loved it.
Heck, I remember I also did electrical wiring at all my friends homes as they bought their first home.
One friend who had a landscaping business for the 1920s home on a large piece of property.
He tore down all the interior walls, had an electrician come in and install a new breaker box. Once that was done, I went in and installed all new wiring, every room in the house kitchen, laundry, heating system, bedrooms, living rooms everything brought up to date and up to Code The house electrical work. passed local and county inspections.
I really lived a full and mostly happy life, some downfalls, I am remarried but all good, kids are all good, heck my ex wife was at our house when my daughter visited over the summer. But I think like your stories. Looking back I would CERTAINLY do things a little different, grew up in the 60s and 70s, things were wild, had a great time but would tone things down a little if I got to do it all over.
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. It also got more power and torque, so they must have fine-tuned something.