Post #89,524
3/19/03 5:34:07 PM
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Old? So what?
Hell - I've been programming fer 25 years, now. I'm a doddering old man in this business!
As to patience, well - THAT I understand. Still - to withdraw? To give up learning? And then to give up spreading that learning around?
I can't see that as a satisfying answer.
Imric's Tips for Living- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Post #89,525
3/19/03 5:35:52 PM
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Bah... if that qualifies as doddering...
22 years here...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #89,527
3/19/03 6:01:03 PM
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*chuckle*
Imric's Tips for Living- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Post #89,545
3/19/03 6:24:55 PM
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Doddering here too
21 years if you only count getting paid for it; 25 years if we go back to my first programming course as a freshman, and 26 1/2 years if we throw in playing games on the old PLATO network connecting the state university system in Illinois.
lincoln
"Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
[link|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm|VB/SQL/Tandem resume]
[link|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net|contact me]
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Post #89,600
3/19/03 9:12:04 PM
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Ahh, Plato.
Who else played on that system? It never died, just morphed. The precurser to Lotus Notes (as bad as it may be) and to my own company's product. (A distributed lesson/testing environment) Some great games though. Anyone remember the D&D knockoff regarding medicine? Points to anyone who gets it.
The world is only a simple place to the simple.
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Post #89,712
3/20/03 7:46:20 AM
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Nope - I played "Saitank"
Multi player tank game.
One hack I learned was how to make an opponent think you were close enough to shoot him. It would cause a person's screen to flash a *BOOM*, they'd panic and start moving, then you'd know where they were and blast them.
lincoln
"Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
[link|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm|VB/SQL/Tandem resume]
[link|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net|contact me]
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Post #89,753
3/20/03 11:20:58 AM
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First CP class -- 26 yrs ago
However, if we count from my first techie job (at AT&T) - 19 yrs.
On the other hand, first programming gig -- 17 yrs ago.
To paraphrase Firesign Theater:
We're all old farts on this bus.
Tom Sinclair
"Man, I love it when the complete absence of a plan comes together."
- [link|http://radio.weblogs.com/0104634/|Ernie the Attorney]
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Post #89,758
3/20/03 11:44:23 AM
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Well, I need to come clean on my 22 years...
1981, First BASIC program on an Atari 800. ;-)
First CS class in HS, 1983. First CS class in college, 1988. First CS job, 1989 (FoxBase on Xenix, of all things).
So, 22 years programming, 20 years being taught programming, 14 years programming for hire.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #89,942
3/20/03 11:27:47 PM
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I'll be in the nursery
First paid gig 1991.
12 years.
"I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I didn't have C++ in mind"
- Alan Kay, OOPSLA '97
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Post #89,572
3/19/03 8:28:06 PM
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Dude - I can still use a slide rule :)
-drl
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Post #89,596
3/19/03 9:04:09 PM
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*chuckle* Makes a great 'party trick' dunnit?
Though I haven't used one in years, myself...
Imric's Tips for Living- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Post #89,597
3/19/03 9:06:19 PM
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Re: *chuckle* Makes a great 'party trick' dunnit?
Girlfriend: "What's this for?"
Me: "Logarithms."
-drl
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