<p>I also have to add that my older son (college junior AE major with a minor in CS) was heavily into programming in high school…teaching himself languages and even creating a web-based game that was supposed to rival Mob Wars. I believe that his involvement in the programming side of gaming was a significant influence in his current area of specialization: programming the computer systems that guide satellites and other aeronautical stuff (sorry…that’s as technical as I get with the whole AE field 
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