It was a fun time, I really appreciate Grumbel taking so much time to mentor me.
I didn't have anyone else around me running or working on FOSS things, I was the sole Linux'y user in a small liberal arts college. Back then a lot of my day was spent talking with Grumbel mentoring me on many things, and @aeva and I mentoring each other.
Formative time! I learned to build my art skills and was trying to overcome my imposter syndrome of tech/programming with the few community resources I had