Thank you, and yes, guilty as charged. A software engineer. I thought I would be a scientist until I spent a year doing lab work ... too slow even for me. At least while programming I get to design and build things.
In my dorm at college, we had a "Nerd of the Week" competition. I only won a few times, and I had to take up manufacturing contact explosives to grab the honor. (Nitrogen tri-Iodide - very sensitive once dry, and it gives off a lovely cloud of purple gas when it goes "snap" or "pop" or "boom".
>> He didn't kill them all.
That was my triumphant cry for my first three years gardeneing.
"I didn't kill them ALL! ... yet ..."