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Sam is a software engineer at NerdWallet who wrote his first computer program at the age of 5. He was born in the UK and immigrated to New Zealand in the '90s, where he developed a love for the outdoors, good coffee and craft beer. Since moving to the San Francisco area in 2011, these passions have expanded to include sailing and brewing.
