Quote by Mitch Kapor

Well, I had a lot of help from my father with the soldering and so on, and he was very good at math and was fascinated with computers, and so I was fortunate enough to have a bunch of exposure going all the way back to high school - this was in the 1960s.

$Well, I had a lot of help from my father with the soldering$

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This quote highlights the speaker's gratitude for their father's support and influence in their journey with technology. Thanks to their father's expertise in math, computers, and tinkering, the speaker had early exposure to these subjects even during their high school days in the 1960s. It suggests that the speaker's father played a crucial role in fostering their interest and skills in soldering and computers, setting them on a path that would shape their future.

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