I have had quite an interesting ride I think at least for me personally its been one. I moved down to San Diego back in 97 to attend to UCSD. I was one of those kids that knew from the start that i wanted to be a "software engineer".
Seems like it would be almost a no brainer these days to choose such a profession but let me tell you I had a little bit of an uphill battle to convince the rents that my desired career could actually be lucrative. Back then desis were either doctor or a lawyer for the most part. I still remember my pops telling me " I don't want you to go through college only to get out and find trouble getting a good job and then blame us". Blame them? LOL why would I blame them?? But i guess i can see their point of view since they didnt quite see the boom we had just entered.
After allot of convincing and some reassurance from their friends they finally caved in and let me pursue of been a programmer ( back then i think i had very short sighted goals... i mean dream of being a coder... come on!!!). I attended UCSD in the fall of 97 and spent 5 years there obtaining my BS in CSE and a minor in management science.
Of all my classes at UCSD related to CS i think compilers was sadly my favorite. Basically you spend 2 quarters living in the lab working all hours of the night building a compiler with a team member. Pretty much the CS equivalent of doing a residency without the blood...or the paycheck for that matter. Looking back now i think the reason why i enjoyed it so much was because of the challenge. So much work to do, so little time and a damn interesting product. This is undoubtedly why i have a fondness for startups.
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