When did you first start working with computers?

When did you first start working with computers?

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I started about 14 years ago working professionally with computers. I have been working with computers for over 2 years just as a hobby but after I graduated from UCLA, I started working Personal Support Computers in West LA. That's when I got my start with a Mac. I was always a PC guy before that. But once I started working with a Mac I kind of fell in love with the whole system. I was a biology major at UCLA and I was actually a pre-med. I was going to go to medical school but I was taking a year off and Felix, my business partner, he used to be the manager of Personal Support Computers so he said, "Why don't you come work for me during the year that you are off." I went there, and I always loved computers, and it was always a puzzle for me to try to figure out the problem. I really liked it. We opened our own business 1994. Ever since, we have been in Santa Monica doing our computer repair.