When I was beginning elementary school, I was the top student in regards to math. I loved learning how math applied to itself and how I could come to the same answer using any number of tricks. When I was 7, learning that 2+3+5 = 5+5 blew my mind. Of course, it got far more complex than that. But even when taking Calculus courses and seeing similar relationships form in some more elementary stuff while at such a complex level, the ideas were very intriguing to me. I chose computer science because I loved making those relationships between a problem and a solution, seeing things work and why they work. I’d be lying if I didn’t say the money was intriguing too. But the same concept of seeing a problem and searching for a solution for up to an infinite amount of cases (or as much memory as can be stored at a time) was just something I had to endeavor. Consequently, the process of writing code became something addicting. Starting on something small like “Hello World” and turning it into something bigger became addicting. “What else can I do with this?” Has been asked a million times in my brain. Because this field is so vast, because there are so many outlets, because there’s endless problems to solve—that is why I am here. Not to be cliche but the possibilities are endless. Plus, who doesn’t love money?