The path that chose me

Life in tech has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. As a kid, all I wanted was to be a police officer. Then along came the 2007/08 post-election violence. I wouldn't become an officer. An interest in cardiology promptly followed but was nipped by our beloved stringent Matiangi. 

Then it hit me, if the million Hollywood movies I'd watched had taught me anything, is tech and hackers are cool.

Enrolling for a bachelor's degree in computer science definitely was the epitome of my life this far. I had these ginormous expectations based on concrete evidence from the movies where they'd go all typy typy and yell I'm in. I even get goosebumps thinking about it. Nothing could get me off my perch…enter discrete mathematics. As the proud Kenyan I am, I kept moaning and ranting 'saa hii itanisadia aje'. Fast forward to a semester later and all they'd taught us wasn't even a modicum of what I wanted to learn. So I turned to the G.O.A.T of substitute teachers, Indian YouTube guys. Just a couple of lessons later, I believed I could hack an analog watch. With my interest reincarnated, I wore a smile again.

It has been quite a ride; not forgetting nights on end of pumping your body full of caffeine looking for a single error in your code. Then it hits you what the error has been all along but wait, you are in the shamba at your grandma's place. The pain is however exonerated by the sheer elation when you hit compile and your program works regardless of its simplicity and who can forget the giant promotion from mtoto wa mama nani to the I.T consultant in your locality.

As it stands, everything from the lovely discrete mathematics (and I say that with the largest degree of sarcasm there ever has been) to social engineering has been fun. Just watch out for me in the next blockbuster Hollywood movie having my way with a national grid or something like it.

Adios

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