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akintayo shedrack

Good Question Ben. I got into Software Development when I was about 12 years old, I was always Fascinated by the way the games on my Dad's phone was made and i wanted to make my own but in Nigeria at that time internet connection was limited and very expensive so i wasn't able to do anything. When i was done with Junior High. I decided to learn the Microsoft office packages at a cyber cafe(in Nigeria a cyber cafe, is like a place where you can go and learn the basic of computers and also browse the internet for a limited amount of time based on how much you could afford). So my Dad paid the fees and i started and i bumped into facebook i was so fascinated about how facebook worked. I began making research(at that time i had some free access to the internet)and i bumped into HTML and CSS on W3schools.org and ever since that day i've not stopped loving software development