My father taught me to code at a very young age, so I have been thinking about struc- tures for as long as I can remember. I was always motivated by helping people; that is why I got up in the morning. Therefore, teaching was naturally interesting to me. So when I was offered a teaching assistant position at university, I accepted immediately. I had a handful of these gigs, but unfortunately my luck ran out, and one semester there was nothing I could teach.
Being entrepreneurial, I decided to start a student organization where students would teach each other. Anyone was welcome to attend or speak, and the topics ranged from lessons learned from side projects to advanced topics not covered by the curriculum. I believed this would allow me to teach, and I was not wrong. As it turns out, computer scientists are timid, so I had to host almost 60 weeks in a row to get the ball rolling. I learned a great deal during this period, both about the topics I taught and about teaching. These talks also spawned a community of curious people where I met my best friends.