Kenny Polcari, a 35-year veteran of the New York Stock Exchange, witnessed his 181st tech company IPO and wrote his first line of code on a livestream from the NYSE floor. He initially thought coding was inaccessible to him due to generational gaps, but after being introduced to Twilio's investment thesis and witnessing hundreds of developers working on a livestream, he quickly became engaged in building his own app. This experience ignited a fire within Kenny, making him want to continue learning and exploring the world of software development.