I've done game design in my head since I was 6 and started programming when my grandpa died and no one but me wanted his Tandy 286 computer except me. (I was 12). I've kept up with computer programming and server management as a hobby, but the thought of ever using it for someone else or a company felt like a betrayal of something very important within me. I worked as a webdeveloper for 6 months or so in '99 but it was on my terms.