How Did You Get Into Computers?

For the technology-enthusiast crowd, I pose a somewhat simple question to you: How Did you Get Involved with Computers?

There are several reasons that I could think of that someone would venture into this area:
1. Employment/salary opportunities
2. Never having to buy a pre-built computer again
3. For the general knowledge
4. To understand how the different components interact.

I know there are many others, and I know me personally I got involved because of a failed power supply just a few years ago. Until then, I just followed the crowd. Now I’m a computer enthusiast and always want to be.

So what is everyone else’s stories? Anything odd that got you into the technology field or just researching computers in general?