This was not a snap decision but a carefully thought out and researched plan that had taken two years or so to achieve. The idea was born because, although I had a reasonably paid job in England with great benefits, I was never going to earn the money required to live in the house I wanted in an area I wanted. After 16 years in the same job and moving up through the ranks every couple of years, the thought of another 25 years of this was depressing to say the least. The excitement of my old job had long since passed…. about 15 years previously!

I had always been interested in computers since my mid teens,

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