I was raised in a joint family and all the three of my brothers worked in IT. I think that is one of the major reasons why my interest in information technology piqued initially. So I chose computer science as a major in my university.
While undergoing graduation, I use to read a lot about how technologies like machine learning are used to combat diseases like cancer or to monitor the effectiveness of government policies to reduce poverty, etc. I think this was the time where I realized how technology is helping us in transforming the world. This was when I got really excited about pursuing technology.