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Inspired? I fell into it chriselst16-Mar-15 2:44 chriselst 16-Mar-15 2:44  Just about had a computing degree, had a support job, had a mate who worked somewhere recruiting for a developer, somewhere that was much closer to where I lived, got given the job, became a programmer, 15 years later don't seem to be able to shake it off. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. VB6 and whatever FoxPro uses Slacker00716-Mar-15 2:22 Slacker007 16-Mar-15 2:22  I used to be in mortgage finance and saw a Fox Pro developer working one day. I started to look over his shoulder from time to time and was intrigued. After hanging out, and asking a lot of questions, the dev said I should look into a career switch, since I showed more interest in software development then getting people the best deal on their mortgage refinances. I then went to attend a VB 6 "boot-camp" and learned the basics of programming in 6 months . Then went on to get my comp sci degree. I have been a successful software engineer ever since. Re: VB6 and whatever FoxPro uses den2k8816-Mar-15 2:51 den2k88 16-Mar-15 2:51  this is very inspiring! Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X // No comment Re: VB6 and whatever FoxPro uses bojammis17-Mar-15 7:10 bojammis 17-Mar-15 7:10  Besides BASIC being the first programming language I used, FORTRAN IV the second, it was VB4 and FoxPro that sealed the deal for me. FoxPro brings back good memories and thanks for mentioning it. Gw-Basic Sundance Kid16-Mar-15 1:38 Sundance Kid 16-Mar-15 1:38  Now that got me hooked! Feed. Register. Release. W∴ Balboos, GHB16-Mar-15 1:34 W∴ Balboos, GHB 16-Mar-15 1:34  Start in column seven. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 I must confess: It was basic KarstenK16-Mar-15 0:46 KarstenK 16-Mar-15 0:46  And it was my first computer. Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany The computer itself Rob Philpott16-Mar-15 0:13 Rob Philpott 16-Mar-15 0:13  It had lots of buttons, and I liked buttons as a kid. It made noises, I could actually control the TV screen with it which had previously been only the domain of the BBC and ITV. There were some wires too, and they're pretty cool. It was one awesome bit of electronics and on that basis, I had to know more. Regards, Rob Philpott. Say the truth - you're it for the money, aren't you? Joezer BH15-Mar-15 23:47 Joezer BH 15-Mar-15 23:47  T'is the dungeons of human philosophy that I excavated in order to uncover the miraculous key to the unremitting complexity of the human mind. -- The trouble with people, is that they want to hear only what they want to hear. Re: Say the truth - you're it for the money, aren't you? W∴ Balboos, GHB16-Mar-15 1:36 W∴ Balboos, GHB 16-Mar-15 1:36  The programming is for fun. They give me money to stop me from doing bad things. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 Re: Say the truth - you're it for the money, aren't you? OriginalGriff16-Mar-15 9:07 OriginalGriff 16-Mar-15 9:07  They give me "injunctions" and "cease-and-desist" letters... Money would be a nice change! Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... This poll should be revised, IMHO... Mario Vernari15-Mar-15 21:49 Mario Vernari 15-Mar-15 21:49  My very first "program" was on a Texas pocket calculator (was a TI-57 programmable). At that time (late '70) there was almost nothing else for a "normal" teenager. However, the list should be revised because 40 years ago there were a small set of choices, unless you were some super-scientist or so... Re: This poll should be revised, IMHO... Slacker00716-Mar-15 3:20 Slacker007 16-Mar-15 3:20  Most of the polls are put together with little thought. I agree with you comment. Other - VB6 den2k8815-Mar-15 21:31 den2k88 15-Mar-15 21:31  Old school, simple procedural language. Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X // No comment My mom... Sander Rossel15-Mar-15 21:03 Sander Rossel 15-Mar-15 21:03  I was living at home and failed my last year at university because I was to busy playing World of Warcraft. Needless to say my parents weren't amused. My mom said, and I quote, "You're going to find a job, you don't have a choice. Either you find one or I'll find one for you. I know they need people at [software company my parents had just sold]" and so I applied for a trainee position, and that was the start of my IT career And for the record, I've been clean from World of Warcraft for about five years now and I still got my university degree Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile. Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra Regards, Sander Re: My mom... manchanx16-Mar-15 0:01 manchanx 16-Mar-15 0:01  AND your epix! Recursion: see Recursion. It wasn't a language OriginalGriff15-Mar-15 21:02 OriginalGriff 15-Mar-15 21:02  It was the whole idea: whirring tape decks; piles of punch cards; serious looking people in glasses smoking, and looking at printouts. It was clear that this was indoor work, with no heavy lifting. I wanted in! It was 5 or so years after that that I "met" my first computer (ICL 1902 running GEORGE III) at university and was taught my first computer language: COBOL. I suspect that if COBOL had been taught when I first found out computers even existed, I'd have gone into a different career altogether... Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... Re: It wasn't a language AlexCode15-Mar-15 21:45 AlexCode 15-Mar-15 21:45  That's basically it but some years later I came to know about computers because my neighbor got one got his birthday. I was around 8 at the time and the machine was a ZX Spectrum +[^]. One year later, and due to my instant fascination for the thing, my mother bought me what came to be my first computer and where I wrote my first lines of code: Timex 2048[^]. And all this was roughly 30 years ago... I'm old! Re: It wasn't a language Ri_17-Mar-15 0:49 Ri_ 17-Mar-15 0:49  It wasn't a language for me either. I'd only worked on dumb terminals, as PCs were still on the way. I was doing a secretarial course and heard other students talking about making an circle move across the screen. You could TELL computers what to do?!! I was fascinated. Swapped out my "Business Documentation" module for the programming module, about a day's worth of QBasic, and was hooked. Later I did a programming course and met the love of my life, C. PDP & HP User 5924115-Mar-15 20:21 User 59241 15-Mar-15 20:21  Started here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11[^] and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_9845C[^] It went downhill from there except when I discovered pointers. Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell modified 16-Mar-15 2:28am. Option missing ..Event driven koolprasad200315-Mar-15 19:20 koolprasad2003 15-Mar-15 19:20  I was attracted towards programming due to UI, I have seen Visual basic in 2009 first time, it is a third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) by Microsoft. Before that I was try to code with C, BASIC, PASCAL but due to Black IDE it is not so attractive But VB made me PROGRAMMER/DEVELOPER I think here Option missing ..Event driven Vote for VB Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. An Object Oriented langiage Sibeesh Passion15-Mar-15 18:29 Sibeesh Passion 15-Mar-15 18:29  An Object Oriented langiage Please check the spelling ==================!!!====================!!!======================== So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things. Kindest Regards Sibeesh http://sibeeshpassion.com/ Assembly language Mike Hankey15-Mar-15 18:13 Mike Hankey 15-Mar-15 18:13  on one of these[^] for the first year of my programming career. Boss would come around occasionally and collect 5-1/4 floppy disks from me and the other developer and put them on his 5MB hard drive and build the product and when he started it up sounded like a space ship, we could hear it in the next room. Ah the old days! New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless. Re: Assembly language den2k8815-Mar-15 22:38 den2k88 15-Mar-15 22:38  I salute you Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X // No comment Re: Assembly language Nemanja Trifunovic16-Mar-15 2:40 Nemanja Trifunovic 16-Mar-15 2:40  Glad to see some real programmers still around in this age of JavaScript frameworks. utf8-cpp

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