A Computer Scientist with a Biologist's Ambition

When I was growing up, I always wanted to be a writer like Tolstoy or Agatha Christie--until I got my first period. I realized then that women must endure much more pain than men to fulfill the human reproduction responsibilities. So, I wanted to become a geneticist who could make men pregnant to share the pain with women. My "ambition" was shattered when I was rejected by the biology department of the university I applied to. Instead, I became a computer science student without ever having seen a computer before.