GARRY BROWN admits the world of IT chose him rather than the other way around.
There were two pivotal moments in his young life when he had the opportunity to turn his back on what, in those days, was referred to as “computing”.
The first was at Sixth Form College in his native Hartlepool, where he had opted to sit chemistry, maths and physics.
At the end of the first term he became determined to ditch chemistry in favour of computing, a subject popular with several of his friends. He duly managed to catch-up on the missed work and secured a place on the course.This perhaps shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise given that, at the tender age of eight, he was already learning to code on a rudimentary Acorn computer bought for him by his parents.
Garry tried to turn his back on the fledgling entry level computer science jobs, this time at Teesside University, where he opted to study electronic engineering. Once again, he switched to computer engineering.
There were two pivotal moments in his young life when he had the opportunity to turn his back on what, in those days, was referred to as “computing”.
The first was at Sixth Form College in his native Hartlepool, where he had opted to sit chemistry, maths and physics.
At the end of the first term he became determined to ditch chemistry in favour of computing, a subject popular with several of his friends. He duly managed to catch-up on the missed work and secured a place on the course.This perhaps shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise given that, at the tender age of eight, he was already learning to code on a rudimentary Acorn computer bought for him by his parents.
Garry tried to turn his back on the fledgling entry level computer science jobs, this time at Teesside University, where he opted to study electronic engineering. Once again, he switched to computer engineering.
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