@tom30519
I owe it to learning M. code early, and Jeff, a fellow EE student who gave me a surprise Novice test one day in the radio club (I hadn't even thought of taking a test at that point) and urged me to go along with him for my Technician a few weeks later; he was going for his Extra.

I was never much of a ham operator but being able to use the radio spectrum was always a good incentive 🤓 I'm still licensed by another authority, but don't even remember my callsign anymore 🥴