"My interest in programming was first piqued by a highschool electronics class project. The goal of this project was to get a small 3 wheeled robot wired up with sensors such that it could navigate a small floorplan, find a candle, and finally blow it out. Having not written code previously this felt like a difficult task to complete. After reading through manual that came with the STAMP board that we were using I was finally able to get the robot to turn left in response to waving my hand infront of a sonar sensor mounted to the front of the robot's chassis. That was the moment I knew I was hooked on learning about software development."