Got a BBA in management when I was in college, never would have dreamed computers would be my future. I went to the C64, then the Amiga, had an A500. From there I left the scene for a few years and went to playing video games mostly. I'm 29, a BSc in design engineering. This was 1982, I believe.
Motorbikes are cooler.
So I became a mech eng instead. That way I get to use puters for all teh funky stuff like 3D modeling, and leave the broing coding for you nerds. But I have to know everything about PCs anyway, since support personnel are stoopid and I want to be able to keep the gun greased by my self. Have built an awfull lot of rigs since I have worked professionally with building and installing PC CAD workstations. I'm 30, and have been interested in anything with a chip in it since I got my first calculator.