Kelsey Hightower

And now you're playing snake based on the code you wrote.

And so you would toy around with this concept.

So that was probably the first introduction to programming was literally programming my TI-86 calculator.

And after high school, did you go to college or you considered college, right?

I considered college because in Georgia at the time, and still today, there's a thing we call the HOPE program.

So if you have a B average or above, you can go to any public school for free.

And public schools in Georgia include Georgia Tech, Georgia State.

These are pretty good universities.

Yeah, they're really good.

And so I decided to go to one that was near me.

The first two weeks, I was like, this is too slow.

This is not the pace that I want to move at.

And also remember, it's 1999 when I'm graduating.

And so when you turn on the TV, people are standing in line for the next version of Windows.

There's a lot of euphoria.

AOL is starting to phase out.

And we're starting to touch on high-speed internet.

And

And I was like, yo, look at the pace this is moving.

But also, you're hearing the narratives.