Long-time wargamer (55+ years). Game designer, Vassal neophyte. I learned Vassal, rather than counting on someone else to do it, because it’s a great way to prototype new game designs. (Beats the crap out of printing out and assembling physical components.)
Started out as a linguist in the Air Force, in the seventies, and cross-trained to programming (mostly COBOL on mainframes). Worked as a programmer for ITT for 5 years, before assuming the mantle of PC Help Desk in the mid-eighties, and then networking guy from 1990 - on. Ended up as systems engineer for production websites, DB servers, network infrastructure, load balancing, etc., for major insurance company.
Now (thankfully) retired.