I did!
Commodore 64. I was in high school. We didn't have a tape drive and there wasn't any software, so to write a paper I typed in a word processing program, debugged it, ran it and then wrote my paper. Over and over. I loved it. I learned machine code on that thing too.
There was a commodore 64 magazine that had programs printed in it every month. I'd spend DAYS typing in games or utilities or whatever and they NEVER worked the first time. they were never, never correct. Once I got the hang of things I could catch their mistakes as I typed.
I'd have to leave it turned on for weeks at a time since I didn't have a tape drive to save anything.
0101011100111010101 PEEK() POKE()
Then I got a Commodore 128 when that came out. It had storage so I could turn it off when I wasn't using it. The code worked better, the language was cleaner. It was easier to use. Wasn't the same at all
I did other things for years but ended up as a coder after all. But I'm pretty much addicted to GUIs now. I did low level machine back when I had to. Now I want code hints and pretty colors
I've learned a couple dozen languages over the years but now I do VBA/VB, SQL, office apps, sharepoint, managing webstores, products feeds, images and product data, installing and updating carts.
Right now I manage sex toy websites and build VOD sites but I am looking for a new job if any of what I do sounds interesting to you