How many teenaged programmers?

[compuGEEK]

Hi,

I was wondering how many teenaged programmers are out there and if any of you are currently making any money programming right now.

Also, what languages/technologies do you know and how did you get started?

Thanks.......

[desquite]

Why do you want to know all of that? I'm still in my teens and working for a large company right now.

[Compwiz]

Yeah, I'm 14. I started with batch or shell programming for Windows, OS/2 and then UNIX. I later moved onto HTML (not really programming), followed by JavaScript. I then learned PERL (now my best language) and that was cool altough not OOP. From there, I learned QBasic, and then finally Visual Basic. I am currently in the process of learning C and Java.

I am making a little money of some software that I sell to my friends, and to my Uncle's business, but that's about it.

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Tom Young, 14 Year Old
tyoung@stny.rr.com
ICQ: 15743470 (http://wwp.icq.com/15743470) Add Me (http://wwp.icq.com/scripts/search.dll?to=15743470) ICQ Me (http://wwp.icq.com/scripts/contact.dll?msgto=15743470)
AIM: TomY10 (http://www.aol.com/aim/aim30.html)
PERL, JavaScript and VB Programmer

[SteveCRM]

I'm 14. I started off with a class, before that I didn't even know what VB was. Then I got here and learned a whole lot more. I took a camp this past summer and learned truebasic and HTML. I'm not making money, just selling things for as much as the disk is worth.


Steve

[chrisjk]

I'm 18 (19 in a month or so, So I want presents off all of you! :)). I started learning VBA (as part of MS Access) and HTML at the same time. I'm pretty good at both (althrough there are areas I suck at). At the moment I'm writing a huge VB app (the EXE stands at 5MB and i ain't finished yet!!) that is hopefully going to be sold across the country by a nationwide wholesaler that just happens to have my dad as the chairman.

I guess you just have to have the ability and know the right people. I was lucky in that my dad's company is well-known (amongst the industry).

I like money :). Good luck to all of you!!

- Chris

[chrisjk]

Question - how come some people are Members, and some are Junior Members? Doesn't bother me, just wondering. I don't remember seeing anything about status when i signed up.

- Chris

[Compwiz]

You are a Junior Member if you have posted (new or reply) less than 30 times. Otherwise, you are a Member.

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Tom Young, 14 Year Old
tyoung@stny.rr.com
ICQ: 15743470 (http://wwp.icq.com/15743470) Add Me (http://wwp.icq.com/scripts/search.dll?to=15743470) ICQ Me (http://wwp.icq.com/scripts/contact.dll?msgto=15743470)
AIM: TomY10 (http://www.aol.com/aim/aim30.html)
PERL, JavaScript and VB Programmer

[chrisjk]

I guess that means 30 meaningfull posts :)

[ShadowCrawler]

Hey, I'm 13.63<g>, been programming since I was 7 in the old TRS-80 days. Started with BASIC, then QBasic, then HTML/JScript/DHTML, VB, then on to C++. VB is my favorite language, by far.

Also, I sell plugins that control another chat client, and make quite a lot of money off of those.

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(¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·->ShadowCrawler<-·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯)
Teenage Programmer
Visual Basic, HTML, C++, JavaScript
http://welcome.to/X12Tech
Email: craigkovatch@compuserve.com
ICQ#: 9872708 (http://wwp.mirabilis.com/9872708)

[Dayo312]

Hello,

My S/n's are Evan and this ( one day it said "Evan" Did not exist so I made Dayo312)

Im 17, lol, I know VB , c, c/c++, and a little html (it you can call that programing) .. and Im a janitor. (PROGRAMING PAYS OFF>> YEAH!!!!lol)

[FirePoweR]

Hi, =)
I'm 16 and started off on my Comadore 64 programming BASIC. A couple years later I learned HTML and then VB. I'm currently trying to learn VC++. I've never made any money though.

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-FirePoweR-
teknidude@geocities.com

[Bob Baddeley]

I'm 17, 18 on March 9.

I started in QBasic, then went to VB. I also write calculator programs that would get me in big trouble if my math and science teachers caught me.

Unfortunately, I don't make any money at all and I know only two other people who understand computers.

[J0e B0b]

Hello,

Ive been programing for a year 1/2. 16 years old right now. I know HTML(easy to write ; ) ) and some what in VB.

I really want to learn PERL so I can write CGI program's from web pages. I have no clue where to start, when I look at the code, my brain starts to burn.

Where is a good place to start learning about PERL/C++ for CGI?

Im really impressed with Compwiz learning alot of computer languages at age 14. : )
good job!

See yeah,

[atjs]

Hullo..
I'm 16. Been programming since 7, with the Apple 2. (I can't even remember what language was that, BASIC?) Then using QuickBASIC, and now Visual Basic. (Since the VB for DOS era.)

Nope... I haven't made any money. I really hope to, though.

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Andrew Tan Jen Shiong

[Crazy D]

I'm 24..but still feel like a teenager :-)
Hmmmmmm does that count too? :-)
Yes I make money with programming :-)

I'm 19, started about 2.5 years ago with vb.
(didn't know anything back them, except how to make little 'programs' in gwbasic).

Learned it from books and the web.

Ooh and i get paid by a company for playing with vb (writing programs ;-))

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Vincent van den Braken
EMail: azzmodan@azzmodan.demon.nl
ICQ: 15440110 (http://www.icq.com/15440110)
Homepage: http://www.azzmodan.demon.nl





[This message has been edited by Azzmodan (edited 11-23-1999).]

[Serge]

I guess that makes me a Grand Pa. I'm 27......and programming is my bread and butter.

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Serge

Software Developer
Serge_Dymkov@vertexinc.com
Access8484@aol.com
ICQ#: 51055819 (http://www.icq.com/51055819)

[Aaron Young]

I'm not that far off, I'm 22, been programming since the age of 8 on my trusty Commodore 16, know enough languages to confuse myself on occasions..

.. Programming is my Passion.

Oh and I get paid for it too.


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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
adyoung@win.bright.net

[DrBrain]

I'm 16, and I've been programming for about two years... maybe (don't remember quite)
I've just begun to make "useful" programs. Basicly puttin several of my minor projects togather conbined with new knowlage. Recently I got conected with some other guys who programs, and soon we'll sell some of the programs.
By the way... If you got a site about VB or you got a site for your apps; goto my site and submit the URL.
http://home.sol.no/~osmert/DigitalWare/

[Clunietp]

Hey everyone! It's nice that we share our stories....

I'm 21, been programming for 1.5 years(mainly VB, i'm still a programming newbie compared to you guys)

I've written a couple apps for local small businesses ($700-800 a piece) and I program in VB6/SQL Srvr at work (half of my time, the rest doing tech support). I'm still going for my BS in CIS, so this stuff is helpful in padding my resume till I can get my degree and make some serious money :)

[smalig]

Hello!

It's really good idea to ask who is who. I look we have many young programmers as me and more young and I think the 2000 problem is not terrible for us. :)

I'm 23 and I worked in Russia as VB and KGL GURU programmer for 3 years and I used from VB3 to VB6. Now about 3 months I am working as Java & HTML & SQL programmer in internet marketing technology company in Germany. Also I have some experience in other languages.

Best regards.

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smalig
smalig@hotmail.com
smalig.tripod.com (http://smalig.tripod.com)

[Cbomb]

Hey there,
I'm 14 started programming in QBasic at about 11. I am currently working for my old elementary school. I trobleshoot, and do some misc. other things (being underestimated, as usual).

Begin Brag Sequence

I also created a student team at my current Junior High (7th and 8th). It is called ECT2 (Elite computer and Technology Team). We do everything related to technology for the school, from ordering stuff to running the server. And of course the Principal appointed me leader :) But, dispite the amount of work we (I) do we get no pay :(. But we get special privileges :)

End Brag

As for getting started I don't know how I found out about programming, It just kinda showed up, and I tought myself from there on out :) I currently know VB, HTML, JavaScript, and am trying desperatly to learn C/C++ (any help would be appreciated).

I'm extremely familar with all technologies (even the weird ones like anti-gravity). Sheesh I could go on forever. (I need to shrink my ego)

Looks like with the teen programmers here we could start our own Microspht type company! Best of luck to all!!


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Teen Programmer
Techie 8)

[mystiq]

Im 17, started on my Commodore 64 way back in the day, (when i was about 7), flipped when i saw QBasic on my first computer, and started writing batch files, cheesy screensavers, QBasic piece of crap games.

Now im using Bitblt, backbuffers, API, learning C++, *very* interested in 3D graphics engines. Im very fluent in string parsing, winsock programming etc.

Ive made money off programs for my dad (grin) and his coworkers, but nothing very significant.

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-Mystiq

[JazzBass]

My signature tells my age.

I've been programming for about a year; year and a half at most.

I love VB and I've taught myself with books, this great site, and ambition.

I can't belief at some of the ages I've seen posted.

Makes me feel dumb because as old as I am, it seems that I don't know nearly 1/4 the stuff that most of you know.

I don't have much time to learn once I leave the office, but hopefully that will change.

I guess I get paid for programming. I learn on company time and make inhouse apps for us.

Thanks all the help I've received and keep up the fine work and help.

JazzBass

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21 yr old beginner VB Programmer
VB 6 Professional @ Home
VB 3 Professional @ the Office

[Mark Sreeves]

I was a teenager once! does that count?

I dabbled in basic on a zx81 and a spectrum when I was younger.

I returned to full time education in 1995 (I was in a dead-end manual job and totally P****d off!)and did a foundation course followed by a BSC in Computer hardware and Software engineering with a stong Software bias.

At university I programmed in Shell scripts, DOS Batch files, Modula 2, C (unix and Borland), C++ on Unix, Ghostscript, Assembly for 68000, assembly for Intel 80486 procesors, Miranda, B, TclTK on X windows.

I did my final year project in self-taught VB3 (instead of Authourware as suggested by my progect supervisor) because I knew it would be more use in the real world.

I now work for Softlab UK programming mainly in vb5 and VB6
but playing with ASP, HTML and DHTML

Am I making any money?

Well in a word Yes! but having had to support house wife an 2 children while at university I accumulated horrendous debts and will probably just about clear them by the time I retire!

ps I'm 31 by the way!




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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

Mark.Sreeves@Softlab.co.uk
A BMW Group Company

[onerrorgoto]

Uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhmmmmmmmm where is the limit for beeing a teenager :)

I started with VB, programming of any kind, a year ago and finaly I got to that point where someone is williing to pay for my knowledge(?).

It seem's like I'm the only true VB-teenager here, loking at experiens in programming at all. :)
And I don't have a clue about what the abbreviations Mark Sreeves has studied means ;)

And I bought my first computer way back in 1997(like september or something). I think that is a record noone will be able to beat :)

And finaly, my age is humbly 27

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On Error Goto Bed :0)
anders@zsystemdesign.se

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[JorgeLedo]

Sorry no teenager here but...

I'm 27 been working in programming for 11 years in a company that I've created with my dad - for the money :).
Since then, and because in my country (Portugal - Europe) we aren't that many programmers with 10 + years experience, I've earned money with it (not that much).
Ususally my company makes solutions that everyone else declines (hard stuff or very specific ones).

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Jorge Ledo
j_ledo@hotmail.com
Portugal

[CarlosTheJackal]

Hey- 15 here (i seem to be one of the younger ones of the group =) ) i started w/ qbasic and html(if you call that programming) and moved on to vb and perl...now im getting pretty good at vb and perl, as well as all the cool advanced html stuff like dhtml and css.. and starting to teach myself vc++(hard but very cool).

At my high school we have a few networks of p2 400's on a T1 line, but none of the teachers have any idea how to use/teach with them so i do tech suppt and teach the teachers(hehe) computer basics...its a shame they waste so much money on nice comps and they just sit idle all day...

Thnx For Your Time,
CarlosTheJackal

[Yonatan]

I'm 13 and been programming since 8, and there are many jobs I can work in (requirements: C/C++, Visual Basic an advantage) except they only accept people who are 16-18 (depends on the job) or older...

Except for one smaller "job" - teaching VB where the age limit is 14 or older - I'm going to go there next year! :)

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Yonatan
Teenage Programmer
E-Mail: RZvika@netvision.net.il
ICQ: 19552879 (http://www.icq.com/19552879)
AIM: RYoni69

[jimdalby]

im a 16 year old programmer, but i dont make any money. any tips on how to start making some?

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jimmy
ICQ:35813919
mail:jim@rdalby.f9.co.uk

Im Wossname, and im an alcoholic, no-wait thats the wrong thing, forget that.

I'm 19 and i have been using VB for about 8 months since i started my present job, at an IT company. I have taught my self from books, the MSDN cd's and this site, and i now regard myself as competant. But that is a matter of opinion! I dont actually use VB at work formally but one day when i was looking for MS excel i clicked the wrong icon and wound up in this weird program called VB4, i noticed i could add buttons to a grey box (form), and i was inspired!



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Wossname,
Email me: wossnamex@talk21.com :)

[David Laplante]

Hi!
I'm 24 and been programming for 4 years now. I know Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, C++, Cobol, VB (VBA also of course). I started my own company this January and got "Inc." (not sure if thats what you call it in englis, I'm from montreal, québec and french speaking)

I started my company with a friend from school. We develop solutions for businesses and guess what.... (AND I AM NOT JOKING HERE!) they pay us 4000$ to 12000$ (canadian dollars but still...)

So in my opinion, there really is a way to make money at programming, you just have to work hard at it and bring innovative ideas.

P.S.: If any of you live near Montreal (Quebec), Send me your info... I'll see what I can do! technicode@videotron.ca

Best of luck to you all
David Laplante
Technicode inc.

[Mark Sreeves]

What about you compuGEEK?

What's your computing background?



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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

Mark.Sreeves@Softlab.co.uk
A BMW Group Company

[Yonatan]

What is the world record? (You must know at least a little about something in order to break it, and that goes for all the meanings of the word break)

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Yonatan
Teenage Programmer
E-Mail: RZvika@netvision.net.il
ICQ: 19552879 (http://www.icq.com/19552879)
AIM: RYoni69

[BoB]

Yeah see im 14 and program in html, vb, C++(the best ever) . Me and my friends make programs for free. A companys asks us to make it we are like ok . We do this because doing somthing you like for money is not right to us

[chrisjk]

Yonatan, I wouldn't have a clue even if they're is a world record for the number of posts to a single topic, but they have records for the furthest distance you can pop your eyes out their sockets, so why the hell not?!!? :)

Regards,

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- Chris
chris.kilhams@btinternet.com
If it ain't broke - don't fix it :)


[This message has been edited by chrisjk (edited 11-25-1999).]

[BoB]

yeah thats do that that whould be ezy

[struntz]

hello i'm 14 and i started with VB just last summer and i have been studying it in my free time i don't know that much about it but i am trying to learn! for as much as i read i should no somthing but i have do it all over again because i have found out if u don't use it you loose it and thats what is happening heh . . . i know i am not a programmer or anything i just am bored

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Cory Sanchez
Young Student
ICQ#: 18640149

[AyS]

I'm 18, programmed from early ages of my life with Commodore 64 (that I got (actually paid billions for it) from my brother). Getting ready to enter the world of work soon (High School Senior). Currently working on a massive map project (click on map to place information using DB and bitblt and other blah, complete map file's size is over 120 mb =)


Programming skills: (in order of how well I know the language)
Dos side:QBasic, Turbo Pascal, C++
Win side:VB, Delphi
Unix side:Perl,SH(ell) scripts, C/C++
WIN&UNIX :HTML (only language that I made money with)


Time to sleep now, it's 01:44 here so goodnite and don't drink too much coke. =)

And HEY,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of you
(free holiday for me=)

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-Matti Kiviranta
AyS of AyS Systems
(PGP protected ;))
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[This message has been edited by AyS (edited 11-26-1999).]

[Stoinker]

I'm 14 and started programming on an IBM-XT when I was 7 with BASICA. When I was about 10 I taught myself QuickBASIC (wasn't too hard considering it is so much like BASICA.) I learned HTML somewhere along the line (but as many have said so far, that doesn't count.) When I was about 12 I started Visual Basic 5. I tried learning C++ later by reading "Dummies guide to..." and "Teach yourself..." books but I only remember how to make the computer beep and how to end a program with C++. I don't make any money but I can't honestly say I ever tried.

~Stoinker~

[death]

I'm 16 and can (just about) program in VB
I mainly write html (coz it's easy)
I do J script QBasic and about 1 command in C++
Me and some fiends go round fixing all the computers at school
I guess i might be better if only one other in the group has tooooo much free time and programs in all of it.
I don't get payed but i do get away with downloading 50Mb files at school and playing Tib Su over the network (which i played a minor part in setting up)

[JohnDoe13579]

Well, I started out programming visual Basic when I was 13. I had taught myself through crappy library books LOL. Right now, I am in the process of learning c++, and I have some experience in QBASIC. (I learned VBasic before QBasic-----I am such an idiot....) I have tried making money through VBasi by selling programs of the net( I am almost done with a program that allows the user to make screensavers(.scr) by choosing frames , background sound, framerate. etc. It also allows the user to use an avi and turn it into a screensaver. I plan to make some money on it by selling it to a company, but if I have the time, I shall build a "piece of junk" web page and try to give out shareware versions.....

[chrisjk]

Hey everyone - lets try and break a world record for the most number of replies to a single topic!! :) There are some 4600 of us, easy!

[don]

Hi Folks,

a World record wow ! ;)

I'm 23 years old and I started with programming a few years ago in PASCAL for DOS. Later In Tubo Pascal for DOS and after that BORLAND PASCAL for WINDOWS that was the real time of programming. Every thing you want you had to program. But After that I've programmed a little in Visual C++ and Delphi. 2 Years ago I've started programming in Visual Basic 4.0 and after that I've made a big step to Visual Basic 6.0 and that's the programming language of to day. Right Guys ?

So See you l8er

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Don van Meel
System Developer
Citee Holland

donvmeel@hotmail.com

[QWERTY]

There is so many posts that I decided to join too. I've been programming for about 1 year now. Actually I started on my Commodore 64 years ago, but after my first APP I stopped. I started programming again as I said one year ago (exactly when I came to USA) in Turbo Pascal then in Visual Basic 5.0 Pro which I use today.
I didn't make much money writing programs. I've created just a few apps for local Nursing Home (scheduling kind of stuff) and that's it. I worked for a print house also, but it was more graphic stuff than programming. I hope to go to college to study computer science and maybe make some more money.
I LOVE PROGRAMMING!!!! (in VB)

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Visual Basic Programmer (at least I want to be one)
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PolComSoft
You will hear a lot about it.

[MicahCarrick]

I'm 18 now ... started in VB less than a year ago, and only have one not too special freeware proggie (www.micah.carrick.com/imgtag.htm) and it's very primitive and simple. Never made money, never tried, and don't care. Love programming, doing some VB, Delphi, C++, and scripting stuff. But I do gotta say, you 13-15 year old programmers out there are gonna be makin' bank. This forum's really good, wish there was a Delphi one like it ... anyone know of any?

[Catarina Schade]

The request for breaking the world record of posts can easily be broken, if anybody started a tread like:

How many grateful newbies benefit from the help of this forum´s teenaged programmers ?

I´m an oldbie though, with 32 years. I started programming with those very old Basic versions for DOS and ATARI (remember that ?). Because of not becoming a programmer but something totally different, I´m only now beginning all over again.

I´m amazed and grateful and wish you all, teenaged programmers, newbies, oldbies a very good day (or night, wherever you are).

Catarina

[rino_2]

Hi,

I'm 15 almost 16 and I'm hoping to move onto Visual C++ when I finish Visual Basic.

[jgomes]

I'm 14, and I'm not working...
I first started programming at 9 with Qbasic
and then I switched to VB at 11.
I'm also do internal work...

-Justin =]
A.K.A. Spawn_Code
A.K.A. "Another Bill Gates"

[Juan Carlos Rey]

There are so many posts even I was encouraged to write.
I can say I am four times a teen (at 52 next sunday)!
I started programming as soon as I bought my first PC (a 286) at 44, (althou I learned FORTRAN at college, circa 1970), and then begun with GW Basic, then QB 4.5, then QB 7.1 pro edition, and jumped to VB 4.0 in 1997. Now I am learning VB 6.0, and consider my self a rather profitable programmer though as a self-tacher, I have veeeery big lagoons!

My hat off to all you really teens.
P.S. any other oldie out there?

[Al Smith]

I'm glad I'm not the only "oldie" here. (51 next February.) I started out in electronics (hardware for you programmers) during the vacuum tube days. Then electronics became solid state and digital. At this time there wasn't such a thing as "software". The program was hardwired.
My first real programming was on a Vic20 which I think was the forerunner to the Commador 64. Since then I've learned all the DOS basics, and several main-frame languages. HP MPE, AS/400 RPG, etc. and am now learning Visual Basic.
One language I learned which hasn't been mentioned is Forth. I don't know if it's still used very much but it was used for programs that needed to control "analog" devices (periphials for you programmers).
I don't make any money for writing programs per se. I write programs in Visual Basic to download data from the company's computer and then e-mail to other department heads in Excel or Access. They prefer this to going through IT which gives them printouts (piles of paper).
Al.

[JHausmann]

I'm definitely in the top 1% of the old programmers. I'll just say that next year I'll be exactly twice as old as Tom.

[Mongoose]

im 16 and ive been programing in vb for 6 months and c++ for a year, in vb i can send data via network or internet 3 ways(udp, tcp, ftp), i can also write database aplications, so far ive writen a trojan for school (over 50 functions) and am now working on a remote database application

[razzaj]

27 ... 28 ...31 .... well then i guess i can consider myself as a teenager ... cant i ??
i am 19 and originally started with qbasic
long time ago making cool stuff ... then learned vb a couple of month ago ... yes right not that long ago (but u can say i learn fast :) )... now i am finishing a program that manages an internet caffe with a friend of mine actualy we started programing together long time ago ...
by the way i program in vc++ and i am a research assistant in my university ...
Now i am into learning OpenGl (on vc++ of course)

[razzaj]

27 ... 28 ...31 .... well then i guess i can consider myself as a teenager ... cant i ??
i am 19 and originally started with qbasic
long time ago making cool stuff ... then learned vb a couple of month ago ... yes right not that long ago (but u can say i learn fast :) )... now i am finishing a program that manages an internet caffe with a friend of mine actualy we started programing together long time ago ...
by the way i program in vc++ and i am a research assistant in my university ...
Now i am into learning OpenGl (on vc++ of course)

[Quadrex]

Hi, Im a friend of Death's (See Earlier post: I'm the one with too much spare time). I have been programming since I was 10 and Im now 15 nearly 16. I start with GWBasic and then moved on to Q-Basic in which I have written a level editor for a game a friend made. I then moved on to VB about half a year ago. I spend most of my time writing programs for the school network (which i played a major part in the setting up of). My schoo have asked me to write a couple of programs but I never get paid. I also know HTML (Not really programming). I sort out any problems with the network at school.
I have never made any money from any of my programs though but I intend to one day.

Programming is Everything


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Quadrex
webmaster@quadrex.f9.co.uk
Quadrex Programming (http://www.quadrex.f9.co.uk)

[Phobic]

Programming for some two years... I'm 16 now, self tought myself VB from the helpfile in VB4 and looking at code other's have made.. I think it's safe to say I'm now making the codes to teach some others :)

I haven't made any money off of my programs yet, although I could, but I like making freeware stuffs, as long as it's easy. I'm currently working for my dad (he's a doctor), who is with a team making some crazy program for three years. Although this sounds boastful, I made some code in a day that they've been working on for three years to search file(s) quickly... not really boastful, I guess old people are just stupid (no offense, old people!) Hehe

I'm 15. I don't program that much, but anyway... Only with VB and HTML (which definitely isn't programming).

[Insane Killa]

I'm 16, I am totally %£$* at VB but anyway

I started off with a bit of Qbasic programming then got bored off the restrictions so moved onto HTML (not really programming) and a bit of DHTML and little bit of java script and am just starting to learn Visual Basic.

[This message has been edited by James (edited 11-29-1999).]

[sergio153]

right now im 15 i know unix/linux, win 9x/nt/2k, c/c++, cobol, java, basic, vb, vc++, javascript, html, perl&cgi. and right now im unemployed :( heh heh

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Sergio
qbano5@aol.com

[Wizard]

Hi! I'm 22 and I start programming when I was 11 with Commodore-64. I live in Turkey and programming wasn't known that days, so I had to develop myself :) While all my friends plays games in computer I tried to programme it... But I didin't dread, now I'm working in an ISP as a WEB based programmer (ASP)... But I still don't know very much and had to develop myself... But I will!

im 16 and i've been programming for around 7 years, programming in X-basic at first, then moving to qbasic, gwbasic, powerbasic, assembler, VB, C++, HTML and recently JAVA. I don't make anymoney becuase im only 16 and the company that was gonna pay me $35 an hour decided "we can't sign minors" so there. anything else?

[CyberCarsten]

I started programming for about 3 years ago, but i not having a computer related eaducation...electrician!! :o)

[ravcam]

I am a teenage programmer but not very good!

[KENNNY]

im 15 aand part of Cintel software - but we dont sell apps; all our stuff is freeware at the moment.

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cintel rules :p
www.cintelsoftware.co.uk

[KENNNY]

im 15 aand part of Cintel software - but we dont sell apps; all our stuff is freeware at the moment. ive been proggin for about 8 months only :)

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cintel rules :p
www.cintelsoftware.co.uk

[mhayenga]

I'm 16, and have been programming Visual Basic for a grand total of THREE weeks... Before this I've learned HTML(not a real programming language), know enough Java to get by, and have decided to hold off on learing C++ until I take the class In school... As for making money....Yes, I got my friend to pay me $5 for a small app that really didn't do that much. Although I'm still proud of the thing.... That's about all about me and programming...

[B4]

I am 15 also, and I currently work at a local company part time every friday after school. I worked all of last summer working on their web page which I completed and I am now doing DirectX programing in C which involves image convolution and processing. It is very good to know several programming languages if you want to get a job, so that you can be flexible and efficient.

-B4

[casparas]

I'm 16 and i started programing at school then i was 14. I was programing with Borland pascal 7.0 (Does anyone know this language?)
After that i started making some HTML (Which is ABSOLUTELY not programing LANGUAGE!!!) stuff and then i moved to VB
(Now it's three week's i'm working with VB6)

PS:Let's BEAT thet record! :)

[This message has been edited by casparas (edited 01-08-2000).]

[This message has been edited by casparas (edited 01-08-2000).]

[da_silvy]

I'm 13 years old,
When I was 9 I started with basic, then Qbasic,
When i was 12, I helped my older brother with a tax program using vba (he got a distinction)
for the past year or so I have learnt some c++ & c and vb 5.0 & 6.0
VB RuleS!!!



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david
Teenage Programmer

[Phobic]

I'm 16, I've been programming with visual basic for about 3 years now, I self tought myself when I started tinkering with it (my dad had got it for himself), and eventually learned by examining other people's work and learning from the vb4 help file, still use it today just because it's so easy to look up and get the right information.

I make a few dollars off things I've made for my friends, but never really dedicated enough time to make anything truly worthwhile for sale, due to lazyness, inability, or the fact that other people have already made it and made it much better than I could ever hope to do it on my own, so anyone interested in creating a small group of people dedicated to making something sweet and then selling it? Hey, I'm game :)

Oh yeah, I know basic, html, simple stuff. Trying to get into C.

I am 18 and start programming in August.

Started learning Turbo PAscal, and have just started to learn Visual Basic in my own time.

At college we are starting to look at C/C++.

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Robert Culver
IT Student
E-mail - robert_culver2000@hotmail.com
Web Page - <A HREF="http://www.visual-basic.org.uk


" TARGET=_blank>http://www.visual-basic.org.uk


</A>

[gravyboy]

Well I do feel old (pretty shocking considering I'v just turned 24!)

I guess I learnt Locomotive Basic (on a CPC6128) at the age of 10 or 11. I then promptly forgot all of it when I went to Secondary school! The lack of an instant programming interface for AmigaOS may have had something to do with it!

At uni (20-23) I got to writing macro's in Excel to do the complex stats (Excel had the sums built in but Marine Biology used them a little differently). I got a job as an admin and wrote more macro's to help me (and other people).

Just recently I have changed jobs (still an admin though) and in my second month wrote a an app for the company in VB5 and Acc97 that has on estimate saved them 150k plus.

Further to this I have just been told that I'm being promoted and so now will actually get paid to write things in VB!!!!!!!

So to sum up I have been into programmin since 11.

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Matt G
Either mattg@gravyboy.fsnet.co.uk] or matt.graveston@centrica.co.uk

[Stepeh]

Hi I'm 13. I Started Programing when I wus uuuuuuuuuuummmmm 3 - 5 Yers a go. I'm Prity good at VB6 and am lering HTML if thats Programing

Stepeh

[mitch]

I'm 14, I've been programming for around 6 years now. I started with the simple things like .BAT programming, and progressed gradually through QBasic, Visual Basic 3.0, Visual Basic 5.0, mIRC programming, QuickBasic 4.5, Visual Basic 6.0, JavaScript in about that order. Currently I am working on NetLink [© 1997-2000 Mitch Design] a Program that allows a person to turn their computer into a public internet access terminal. It is similar to what the internet terminals run at shopping centres [or malls, if you want :)].



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Mitch
Visual Basic Programmer
webmaster@mitch.zzn.com
Visit my homepage (http://www.mitch.cjb.net)

Wow... So there are only two of you older then me.. and your in your 50's. Hey kewl... Ok so i'm a young 30.. But hey, you two guys probably remember those days of the VIC-20.. heh.. I remember using basic on it, that's where I learned how to program. Remember Peek and Poke? LOL! My Hard drive was a Tape recorder.

"Hold on Maaa.. I'm saveing this game I created... Give me 45 minutes... Oh no, the power just went out! Noooooooooooo!!!!"

Oh yea.. I was 14 when I had that happen.. :) After that, it was the Apple 2e. Been programming ever since. Have I made money? Yea, but it's not all glamorous. I made a few DOS programs and eventually became a Proffessional web page designer and have built many of them for different businesses around the USA.

Some of my Programming skills are..

BASIC 1.0
Quick Basic 4.5
C++ 3.0
Power Basic 3.0
Assembly
HTML
ASP
Java - Scripting / Applets
Visual Basic 4 - 6
Visual J++ 6.0

Well, that's about it. Just thought someone out there might want to know.. :)


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John T. Mieske
Star Trek LCARS programmer

Knight Vision Enterprises
kvision@gate.net


[This message has been edited by Knight_Vision (edited 01-09-2000).]

I guess I am an old dawg. I am 28. I started with the vic-20, of which I have heard mentioned, then to the TRS-80, both using basic. I then became a mainframe programmer using assembler, Cobol, REXX, and PL/I.
I have been in computer security for nine years and mostly write in-house code to administer or enhance computer security and perform penetration testing on many platforms. I have been forced to teach myself VB, C, C++, and perl because the mainframes were all going away.
Yes I do get paid, but mostly for my security knowledge. I only program about 30% of the time. I still love it though. I hate redundancy.

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Boothman
There is a war out there and it is about who controls the information, it's all about the information.

[chockenberry]

I am not a Teenager any more, but when I was, I started learning Basic, and then C when I was about 14, By the time I was 19 I worked for Frito Lay as an Internal Application developer making $45,000 a year. I am now a C++/VB Programmer(8 Years later) and I am working for a software company writing a point to point router. I make $165,000 a year now. I also write VB Control packages which I distribute as freeware, and a Bible acces program that is in beta currently that I give away also. I would suggest you stick with what your doing, there is big money out there, and Computers are going to pervade every aspect of life before the end of this decade. You won't be able to take a dump with out a computer being involved(Haha!)

H.O.P.E. Rules!!! :-&gt;

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Chris Hockenberry
Application Engineer
Willow Bend Communications

[compuGEEK]

Wow! I thought this thread was closed a long time ago!

I'm so glad everyone responded...It's great to hear people's stories.

Well, since I started this thread, I suppose I'd better contribute to it....

I started programming with my Commodore Vic 20 when I was around 12 or so and did not touch a computer again until I was around 24 years old.

After 7 years of bartending in a nightclub I finally grew up (well, sort of) and got my BUM into school and got my AA in Computer Science. I graduated December of '98 and have actually been employed as a programmer for nearly a year now.

By the way, I'm about to turn 30 and I'm desperately trying to hang on to 29 for as long as I possibly can but I'm losing my grip!

:)

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CompuGEEK

[Master]

I guess i should add my name to this huge list... I'm 14 and have been programming since 7 with my Commadore 64 in BASIC, advanced to QBasic, VB 2, batch programming, html, then some C and java, then VB 4 now 6 and i'm learning Perl... I work at my dad's company sometimes as an advanced projects developer... other than that I run TWIG Software, a pioneering software firm... I met my CTO and Head of Applications on this board... you can see an OLD version of our site at http://www.virtualfun.net/twig/

That is MY webserver which I maintain, and I designed that site as well... it's not even done, but I'm getting my friend that works at my dad's company (WebCash Corp., getting an IPO in 2 months) to redesign and finish the TWIG Software site, which will then be located at www.twigsoftware.com. (http://www.twigsoftware.com.)

I'm always busy and always have a project to work on... I'm really trying to find some talented YOUNG programmers (around 13-17), hopefully in CA, to join my little venture...

[Master]

BTW... the employement form at the site is not working... so don't try to use that if you're interested... you can email me at my temp email: progrium@hotmail.com or icq me at 9028687 or contact me via AIM with: MasterTWIG...

[Master]

oh... hehehe.. one more thing... i just wanted to say i sounded very... uhh.. unlike me in those last messages... i was just in a hurry at the moment... anyway... hope to hear from anyone interested!

[HarryW]

Well I'm just a novice compared to most of you I think. I have about 2 years' VB experience, which I learnt whilst doing A-Level Computing. I've never really done anything that complex, but what I have done I've enjoyed.

My first programming experience was at about 11 I think, in the first year of secondary school, using BASIC on the BBC. Nothing spectacular, mind you, and I stopped after a few months, to play with VB3 a few years ago when I was around 14/15. When I got to college (that's A-Levels, not university) at 16 I got back into it, and found it very rewarding.

Now I'm 18 and in my first year of a degree course in Computing and Information Technology. I've done a little Pascal since I started there, but all incredibly simple stuff. Hoping to learn C soon, when I go back after Christmas holidays.

I'm currently on work experience at a large company in the UK, in the specialist IT department. I learnt HTML one day a week or two ago, and have been getting to grips with ASP, ADO and VBScript since.

Reading all these posts makes me feel like I'm too old to be learning this!

Try not to show me up too much, guys :)

:) i am 20 years old. And programming is my game. And it is my living......... 24 hours a day, 7 day's a week. Hmmm you can say iam Crazy.... :)

[Fox]

Hello
I'm 17 and I started coding in VB since I was 14. One year ago I started in C++ and now I'm working on a 3D-engine using Direct3D and OpenGL.

Simultaneous I try to do a multiplayer RPG in VB and btw. I still need some people (e.g. internet programming).

If you're interested, write me a mail ;).

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Fox
gigotz@gmx.net
http://gigotz.tsx.org
...
Every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.

[da_silvy]

i'm a teenaged programmer


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david
Teenage Programmer

[Frederik Gekiere]

I'm 21

I learned VB 1 year ago on my own, meanwhile, I'm working in the programming business where I also got a very good VB course !

I also know VBA, HTML/ASP/JavaScript, C/C++

[PITBULLCJR]

yeah I am 16 I started vb last year in a corse I took last year. I wish I made money programming but soon I will because thats what I want to be when I grow up is a programmer. I am not sure if I will be my own company or if i should work for someone else but thats all i find myself doing is programming, eating and sleeping well got to get back to my newest project I am working on.

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Sincerely,
Chris
:-) ;-)
just have fun out there and live life to the fullest while it is still here
Email pitbullcr7@aol.com

[GRAHAM]

Phew...You guys are really making me feel ancient(and very envious). I'll be 49 shortly, and my VB experience can be measured in hours rather than years, as I started an HNC in Business Information Technology last year, on a one day release from work and I get two hours a week of VB as part of the course. It only outlines the very basics of VB and is not included in the second year. The last thing we will do is access an Access database with DAO, and I mean just access it.
I had never even seen a programming language until last year, now I,m really hooked on VB. I wish I had started programming as early as you folks did, still...never mind.
I must add that I have learnt 100 x more from this site than I have from Uni' so keep up the good work everyone that responds to questions from people like myself, the help is REALLY appreciated, and I hope I,ve helped those that I have responded to, with my very limited knowledge.

GRAHAM (reaches for zimmer-frame)

[cjwares]

i am a Visual Basic 6 programmer. I started with a program called "link way" when i was in 5th grade. it was a simple program editor. then moved on to batch(ooooh challenging), soon i was onto qbasic.. another easyone at that. after becoming the qbasic master :) i moved onto visual basic 3. soon after i learned HTML. after a couple years, i learned DHTML and some java (lost interest in java tho). then i learned a language called TI-Basic for Texas Instrament Calculators. soon after that.. i got ahold of VB6.. and well.. i plan on learnin C, J, Visual J and Visual C very soon. wow. now i'm 16.. time flies when yr havin phun!!

[compuGEEK]

Not to change the subject....but I've gone *Retro* and picked up programming with QBasic. I'm currently using 4.5....

Anyone know of any cool gaming resources?

[Jop]

Hi,
I'm 16 years old and programming (that is Html, Javascript, a little java & VBscript, cgi and now for a couple of weeks: Visual Basic)

JavaScript & Cgi are my best languages, and hope to get better in VB too :)
I think it's great to create a working program.

I didn't sell anything yet, I recently gave a big Javascript project away for nothing :)
But I'm not planning any commercial programs yet, but you'll never know.

[Zej]

Is it just me or has this question been asked many times
before?

Nah, it's just you.

[gekko5]

I am 16 and started programming in qbasic when I was 10. I moved then to html. One day I saw a box (in the wrapping) of visual basic 1.0! at the swap meet in some old coot's bargain bin. he didnt know what it was so i got it off him for 4 bux. I ran home and have been hooked ever since. All my apps are freeware (for now ;) and they include a ip monitor (remote ip monitoring, use it for whatever), a half-life autoexec tweaker (my best prog) a couple games and more. I know own a copy of vb 6 enterprise (oh mAMA!) and sweet mother of good its tight. I still basically suck at vb, but I keep plowin along. I fanyone wants a copy of my progs email me at psistem@yahoo.com

[noone]

Hey all,
wow, all these posts make me want to share my story too :)
I'm 16 and started back in grade 7 I think with HTML (not really programming) and Javascript. Along the way learned VB and Java, and a little bit of C, but once you go Java you can never go back :). The only money I've made has been with some webpage devolopment, no real programming :(

[Paul282]

I'm feeling old too,

I'm 28 and I've been with VB for about 2 years, I used TRS80 (Trash80) when I was about 13 back in Sydney Australia, wow, 16k RAM , then onto qbasic...

Now I'm an Engineer for a VoIP company in Tokyo. I know some perl, C, BCB (C++) but I'm mainly working with PBX's routers, switches and of course our Voice over IP system.

The gap in between I was a cook (Sushi chef, believe it or not) out in the coutry in Mie Japan. Always wanted to get back into IT and I did about 5-6 years back in the ISP boom.

Still keeping up with you kids though :D

But I have the advantage of being fuelled by alcohol...

[V(ery) Basic]

Yep, I'm 12 and 364 days, so I think I'm allowed to put my
name here.

I can program in Visual Basic, Visual Basic, oh and Visual
Basic.

I got started with QBasic (which is about as powerful as
an untrained bumble-bee) and then got VB4. Now I've got
Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition. I'm OK at Visual
Basic and I can do HTML (but that doesn't really count).

One day I might learn C++, but I don't know if it's worth it
because VB's powerful enough for me ;)

Haven't made a single penny (or cent for you Americans ;))

I might soon, because my dad's going to make me deal with a
big delimited text file he needs 'decoding'. But I don't
think it counts if the money comes from your own family
Anyway, I just thought I'd add ny name to the list.

Ciao,

Me

[Edited by V(ery) Basic on 04-22-2000 at 01:05 AM]

[filburt1]

I'm 15, but my software isn't making that much money.

I'm twenty-three now, but I learned to program early in my teens. If you want my advice, start with C++.
It is the most popular language which is TRULY object-oriented, and learning it will give you the fundamentals to work with many other tools.
If you start with something like visual basic, you will
DEFINATELY pick up bad habits which will hamper you working in more sophisticated languages later

- John

[Edited by RoyceWindsor1 on 04-22-2000 at 02:00 PM]

[gekko5]

Well, C++ may be more powerful in some ways, but it takes FOREVER to learn and its slow. Plus its NOT the most popular windows programming language. About 70% of all windows software is vb based. VB is a good language for beginners, hobbyists, and professionals alike. I do agree with one thing though, it tends to egt you in the mindset so you make mistaks with other languages

[V(ery) Basic]

I think you're being too hard on VB. It's such an easy
language to learn, it's bound to have disadvantages.

If you use C++ or stuff like that, you have to learn so much just to write a program that would take 1 minute
in VB. All the classes and stuff just make it impossible.
Oh, and C++ files are quite big, because they don't need
any special DLLs. I just thought I'd mention that.

Oh, and by the way, what are these bad habits you pick up
in VB? I'd like to know so that I don't pick them up
myself (unless I already have, of course ;))

'nough said.

Bye!

I'm not hard on VB, I use it all the time :) - thats why I'm here...

Just don't try to declare a variant in your next printer driver.

- John

[Edited by RoyceWindsor1 on 04-24-2000 at 01:10 PM]

70% of windows aoftware is written in VB???? probably 99%
of the well-used software (3d-studio, Installshield, Office etc.) were written using C++

I started when I was 6 years old with C64. Now I'm 16, got PC four years ago and I've learned VB, DJGPP and some Pascal, plus many other things. You can check out my homepage of course :) (http://merrysoft.cjb.net)

[Sam Finch]

I hate C++ I can't export the damn functions in my dll.

Maybe you have to learn it a bit more. Try making your file into a static library file.

By the way, I'd just like to say this: LOOK HOW MANY REPLIES THIS TOPIC HAS GOT!!!!!!!!

My Name is Dennis Wrenn, I am 13 and I am an alcoholic,
oh damn, wrong group.....
I mean, My name is Dennis Wrenn, I am 13, and I know a bit of java, C for dos, VB, HTML, JavaScript, TI-Basic(Texus Instuments prog. language), CSS, a wee bit of c++, .BAT,
I have made around $1000 selling my programs to local people, and with that money, i hope to buy a top of the line laptop for programming, I like to use laptops more than desktops, because, I can nevr be on my damn computer, my family always wants on.. also, I need an LCd being on 14 hours a day.... my moniter is 3 months old, and is shot...
but, i love programming, hope to get my own domain...(.com adress), soon, and I want to start a business, (and turn it into a monopoly, and be so powerful, that I would be able to take over microsoft bwahahahaha, oh crap, did I just say that outloud, hehe), selling programs, and information.
I would love to talk to any and all of you
icq: 68970597
oh, I will only talk about VB, HTML, and Javascript, oh, and .Bat, because I juck at everything else.
I hope to learn C++, and Java, I want to be real good at them... well sorry for responding so late.... well I havent been here....
but incase you are interesteedd.....

Hi
How i can? -> When the folder is double clicked or browse with
my program by right click then open with MyProgram and
Get the double clicked "selected" folder path in (TextBox) or Label.

What is Dynamic Data Exchange(DDE)
and how i can use the (DDE) link ?

Thank you.

[lookITSxeon]

How can all of you be making money and I'm not? What kind of programs are you people making? And how do you sell them? I've been in the computer scene for 7 years and I dont know what the heck to do :( - 16 years old

make a cheap little game.
I made an asteroid's like game, I sold it to little kids, for like 2 bucks, and older kids for like 5 bucks..
and for the adults, I had some help with a friend to make a planner type application.
you type in a date.
and the app remains hidden, and on startup it turns itself on.
and when it is the specified time, a message box appears saying what it was that you need to do (eg. "report is due")
and it says the time and date you set the plan...

it can do up to five plans at a time.

I sold this for about 20 bucks.. cheaper than some of the planner apps I see at best buy, and who is not willing to buy a useful program from a 12 year old(I was 12 at the time) :D
and dont ask me for the source code for the planner program, it is so simple you could make it yourself, and also, I sold my last copy of the CD a month or two ago, and my HDD crashed so, I lost the source AND the program...

the way I sold my program is to set up a little stand, hehe, i sell lemonade(classic lemonade stand) with my program, you buy my program, and you get a free lemonade, hehe,
but, I try to sell my program at gun shows(a place where people go and sell guns, or buy guns), and at computer shows...
good luck in selling your program....

[keetsh]

Hi there,

I'm 15. I've been programming since I was 11 or something. I actually started on VB4 which wasn't that fun at that time. With VB5-6 I programmed my first multiplayer games: Naval Battle 98, The Crab Louse and Draughts/Checkers. I also programmed Applications/Tools and ActiveX components such as flat buttons which are so pretty when you look at them :))

I learned HTML and DHTML using ASP/JavaScript and VBScript because I really was interested on dynamic web sites also inserting Flash movies in them.

I finally had a good feeling at programming C++ applications. C++ is maybe one of the best languages ever. Fast, powerful, multi O/S. No way to say C++ is more friendly but with a little patience anything's possible :))

Earning money of programming? Yes I do.

I am 15 years old. VB 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 is what i use. Hopefully...vb 6.0 soon too. I taught myself vb...been programming for three years now. I have made virus scanners, security programs, and a bunch of windows programs too :).

[Edited by Matthew Gates on 05-25-2000 at 09:15 PM]

[lychew]

And i thought i am young!!!
It seems that i'm a grandpa as well.
I'm 26 and been doing programming for 1 year plus.
Those days during University are not considered as serious programming.
Nice to know you all...
Surprising that all those guru are so young...
I'm damn old, man...

[BoogerMonkey]

I'm not actually a teenager anymore since I turned 20 on Feb 13th but... I've managed to learn Basic, VB, C, C++, Perl, a little bit of APL and awk. Batch files, shell scripts (all basic stuff) and have started to learn other obscure or new languages such as ruby...

Didn't make any money as a teen but have had some good laughs by creating annoying programs for my friends...
AKA: Display a fake "Illegal operation" message which auto-restarts upon close, and attempt floppy access every x seconds or minutes....

Nothing original but just fun,

AKA means "also known as"
you should have use IE, or EG, which means "for example"

[NeilAvent]

Looking at all these posts I would appear to be middle-aged or getting on for old age.

I am only 22 really, I have been programming since the age of 8 or 9. I progressed from the ZX Spectrum onto AMOS on the Amiga and now onto Visual Studio 6 (VB and VC++ mainly but also Visual Modeller on occasions)

A year ago I set myself up as a company and advertised my services as a professional programmer. Since then I have been inundated with work. It seems like the world is screaming for confident, competent programmers with some business knowledge.

Looking at all the obvious talent around here you guys should be raking the bucks in if you can promote yourself efficently.

[Nut Shell]

I have been programming since I was 7 or 8 with QBasic and now I'm 12 (almost 13) using VB 5.0 hoping to make an ok game to sell to my friends.

[cyborg]

Hi I am 15 years old and I am a programmer.
I use visual basic and I want to learn c++.
Now I making a WinAmp Region Editor so you can do a
transparent WinAmp.
mail me at cyborg@programmer.net

[HoSs]

I'm 14. I thought it was good that i knew how to do stuff in vb. I have been put to shame. I don't even know half of what you guys are saying!

[da_silvy]

i am 13 still, started about 1 year agoish

what do people think about my programming?

i know a fair bit, but do not care about databases, api or subclassing

[bcx7]

i'm 14 and i've been programming since i was about 9. i used to have a amstrad cpc6128 and all i knew how to do is run the games off the disk (i was about 5 - do you expect me to know how to program!!!). i found out later that you can make programs in basic on it. Then we bought a 486 and i was looking around the dos directory and running all of the programs. i found qbasic and i was looking in the help file and it was similar to the amstrad. then i got VB 5 and i've been using it from then on. (i don't have that 486 anymore).

i think that if you like programming then you shouldn't sell what you make (only if it's a really simple game)

i like programming because you can get control over the computer and make programs that suit your needs

[zipperX]

i work for companys and am in my teens...i have an internship at one of the largest life insurance companies in the country...i am in college, but manage to make almost 40k a year doing vb, odbc, web, and c++ work. i hope i helped...

[Gary.Lowe]

i've been programming for about 18mths now. previously I was a construction worker for about 7 years.

I then realised how much money I could make sat on my behind in a nice warm office with plenty of talent to look at.

I work for a utilities company in Britian as a solutions analyst.

Gaz

[Kazim Zaidi]

With Me
.Age = 14
.Experience of VB = 3 yrs
.DoVBBecause = Basically, I'm a student. I do VB because I love to do.
.MakingMoney = False
.CanAcceptOffersForMakingMoney = True
.CurrentlyDesigning = Internet Database Application
End With

[JasonGS]

I'm 19 (still a teen technically I guess) and I am making pretty good money as a junior database engineer for the ISP; Earthlink Network, Inc.

[ptgThug]

"...never meanin' no harm,
makin' their way, the only way they know how,
and that's just a lil' bit more than the law will allow."

I'm 25, and I have not been programming consistently, but I first played with BASIC (back when it was all caps) on a C64, and then whatever that logo turtle thing was on an Apple IIe.

I had an account on a VAX in high school, and then became a comp sci major at NCSU in '93. I was introduced to the internet in '91, but I wasn't really intrenched until '93.

This may be off topic, but... who remembers that? I feel that there was a big change in the internet durning '94. I miss the good ol' days. Fidonet, Geine (sp?), and news instead of web based messaging boards. Hell, the web was something out of CERN and you used Lynx or Mosaic.

Back then, viruses actually did something, propogated themselves without relying on dumb users (lusers) or users using Outlook. Back then, web pages had more info and less graphics. And back then, I felt young enough, had little to know responsiblities, and would spend all night in the lab with the gang, ordering pizza, sacrificing much Dr Pepper, and hacking away, usually at MU* code (written in C/C++), or comparing kluges.

I really wish I had gotten more into computers when I had that C64. I still have it, but it is shot. Got fried in a storm. A friend has a couple of trash 80s at his parents house. A coco 1 and 2. Another friend has a VME box, a few Sun pizza boxes, and runs BSD on an Ami2K. And I love reading through the old MIT hack files.

Well, I am rambling now, and should get back to work.

-Travis

[CreepingDeath]

I am 18 and have never had an official course in vb. Everything I have learned is from the web or from similarities between vb and C (I have had a course in C). I am going into my sophomore year of computer/electrical engineering at the University of Michigan come September. I work as an Engineering Technician (student engineer) for the US Army.

-CD

[BruceG]

If some of you guys are "grandpas" in your 20's, then I must be a great-great grandpa at the age of 39. I am amazed at how knowledgeable many of you other guys are at such young ages (13, 14, etc.).

The reason I am responding to this thread is that I have a son who is 12, and I would say he is a "power user" and gamer. He's a bright kid and I know he would be a natural at programming. The problem is, although I have offered to teach him, and he tells me he wants to learn, the "lessons" always seem to get postponed. I'm sure part of it is (subconscoiusly) that it just isn't as cool if "dad" is into it.

As for myself, my first programming experience was at the age of 18 when I was a freshman in college (it was an intro to computers course, the language was PL/I, and we had to type our programs on punched cards - any of you guys ever hear of those?). Any way, I didn't pursue comp-sci in college (I should have), and I didn't back into it again until a year after college, when I took a career school computer programming course (this was 1984, so it was heavy on COBOL, with some mainframe assembler and IBM PC BASIC thrown in). I've been working as a programmer ever since, first doing mainframe stuff in COBOL and PL/I, then getting into PC-DOS programming (still in COBOL), and finally getting into VB around 1995 (VB3 was current at the time). Recently, I've been doing mostly database stuff with VB6 and Access.

But before I bore the hell out of you guys, I'll stop and get back to the point. Let me ask you these questions:

(1) For those of you who started at very young ages, what prompted you to get into programming? Was it an interest you developed on your own, was it from school, did a parent or older sibling turn you on to it, etc.? (I know that this question was addressed somewhat in earlier posts.)

(2) In your opinion, what can I do to motivate my son further in this area?

I look forward to your input on this.

hmmmm..
I got started because I wanted to make AOL programs.. hehe, well by the time I learned how, I had a strong and severe hate for aol, so I said screw the AOL programs.
if you want your son to start programming, then dont get him started with databases, and stuff like that, tell him what you can make that is fun, like games(using bitblt)


what are his interests?
obviously games, but what else?
does he like to play CD's on the computer?
or does he like MP3's?
if so, you can help him make a shell generator for winamp, or a cd player program, or something.

and tell him about the money involved in programming...
and the very little bit of physical work involved in computer programming.

I know that would get me started if I wasnt already programming :D

[DarkJedi9]

I'm nearly sixteen and I am now learning Vb6.0 and HTML, but am sorry to report that I have yet to make any money. Check out Cyberarmy.com, though. They've got this kid who's only like 15 and he already sold something for $400K.

[Publius]

I'm a teenaged programmer. I am curretly 17, although I will turn 18 in August. I have take a year of Visual Basics (I LOVE it) and 2 years of C++ (I HATE it). I hate C++ probably because I have the worst teacher ever and I really don't know what is going on. It is a shame, but oh well. I figured next year at Virginia Tech a real professor will show me how it is done. Oh yeah, I'll be attending Virginia Tech next year and majoring in Computer Engineering.

Publius

your from virginia(I assume this because you are going to virginia tech)
I am from Va too :D
but I am probably going to John Hopkins Uni, :D

[Crestfallen]

i'm 17, and have been programming since i was 10. Of the languages I've learned thus far are; qbasic, pascal, c++, html(i really don't consider HTML programming, but am including it for those that do), java, and am now teaching myself visual basic. I have never earned money writing a program, although, I am working on something for my school, and if they like it, I may get something out of it.

[Cybrg641]

I am 15 and have been programming VB for about a year now. I would like to make money doing this but I don't know where to look. Any tips?

[DarkJedi9]

Hey, BruceG!

I noticed you mentioned punch cards in your post. My mom use to use those back when she did some programming stuff. Whenever we complain about losing something from a disk, she just tells us how the machines use to eat the punch cards and you had to start all over again.

Why aren't you guys chasing girls, getting busted for under aged drinking, and racing cars. Now in my day.........l think l will stop it right here:):):):):):)

Seriously keep it up, though god knows what will be happening in IT when some of you younger guys turn 20.

[noone]

Speaking of underage drinking, I celebrated the country I loved last night (It was Canada Day) with some good whiskey, and let me just tell you it doesnt help you program one bit :) I feel like crawling up into a ball and dying about now.

[theman32x]

the way i got into programming was when my friend sent me a program that would do stuff for aol ... u know punters n stuff like that ... well after seeing his program i wanted to know how to make my own ... that's when i learned about vb ... i started asking around n found vb4 ... then look at websites with code to program for aol ... then i bought myself a vb book ... stopped programming for aol ... i just make simple programs now n then ... (like a program to find out my grades) ... i tried selling it to some teachers of mine but it backfired ... they didn't know how to use a computer ... lol ... my school wastes so much money on new comps yet the teachers don't know anything about them ...

You're all making me feel old now...I shrug off my teens next month :D

[Zyx2001]

I usually don't post anything but after seeing what I read so far I had to write something, even if I know that probably no one will read this.

First thing is, how can people start "programming" at ages like 7,8,9?? You didn't even know how to kiss a girl at that age! Let me explain something: programming is not typing exactly what is written in a book by a programmer. We probably all did that. A huge part of programming is to create something using your imagination. (And at that age, the only think you could probably imagine is how to kiss a girl). The thing is that part of the human behavior is to get attention, or to prove something to others... and we sometimes do that by lying, unfortunatly. When people will get old, they will probably be like "why did I say that?? it's not true at all!" to lots of things. But knowing that we are not flawless is, I think, a big step to the mankind evolution.

Next thing I want to talk about is money. Unfortunatly lots of people seem to have a dollar sign written in their eyes. Maybe oneday you will realise that money is not everything, far from it. You should try to find happiness in what you do and what you give to others, or to the humanity, instead of the money you earn from your work. You can't buy your life, never. Because when you will be 80 or 90 years old, in your last days on earth with millions in your bank account, think few minutes about your life and if you lived it as much as the one who has one penny left in his account. I hope you will.

Peace out,

Marc

P.S I started programming at the age of 2, when I hacked the grocery system so that my pampers would cost me less.

[umair]

I've been programming since the age of 11.

First I learned QBasic that came with MS-DOS, by using its online help. I also tried dBASE, FoxPro and few others.

Then i moved to Turbo C++. I learned C and then Assembly myself using books.

I spend quite a time on C and assembly.

When Windows 95 came, I stopped programming. I felt difficulty in moving over to C/C++ for Windows.

I spend some time on Java / JavaScript.

From the past few months, I've started ASP. Now I am developing web applications in ASP, VB and HTML.

Very soon, in this month, i'll put up an ASP site. I'm preparing it now.

These days i'm also programming in C/C++ again and going to move over to Visual C++, InterDEV and Visual J++.

I am 17 now.

I LOVED THE REPLY OF Zyx2001. I MYSELF DONT CONSIDER BEEPING THE SPEAKER AND PRINTING DATE/TIME AS PROGRAMMING. I USED TO DEVELOP SIMPLE PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES AT THE AGE OF 13-14. BUT AFTER THAT I'VE STARTED PROGRAMMING AGAIN NOW! FEW MONTHS BACK!

[Edited by umair on 07-04-2000 at 01:31 AM]

[umair]

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR PROGRAMS TRY:

1. http://www.radiate.com
2. http://www.conducent.com

http://www.conducent.com is a broken link.

[umair]

http://www.conducent.com is not a dead link.

[dimava]

I'm 12, started in Feburary, and pretty much got the concept of Visual Basic, I just do it for fun

[AlexCPU]

Hi!
I am a teenage programer, I started with a QBasic RPG, then I started on VB eventually, just now I decided to learn DIV.

[eagleray]

Yo compuGEEK i'm 14 and am a programmer aswell, i'm part of a company consisting of three of us the others are aslo teenagers, we are currently making an RPG which we hope to sell. I started programming in VB when i was 12 but now I use a programming language DIV, check out http://www.div-arena.com

Da Ray

[absalom]

I'm 13 Currently making 20 dollars an hour Designing the
Department of Defence in Canada's Homepage

But VB is my best language.
When I was 5 I was alwys on the computer and I saw my dad playing with Qbasic :) and he showed me some stuff my very first program was just as simple as
"What is your name"
then thats when the light clicked and
at my school they don't know this but the guy who runs the server and stuff if He can't answer he asks me.


Well thats my life :D

[eagleray]

20$ an hour at 13! How the heck did you get a job doing that anyway?

[Zasz11]

I'm 18, I've been programming for 3 years now. Started off with simple HTML, then C++, then VB. VB is by far the easist language I've come across, well aside from HTML of course. I work with C++ the best. NO money yet, but someday.........

[eclipxe]

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[RMac]

I am 19 years old and work for one of the fastest growing Web Design company's in London, Access Logic (www.accesslogic.co.uk) I started when I was 15 building web sites just for fun and when I realised that the whole world was suddenly finding an interest, I got a job doing what I do best.

[jsayson]

I didn't realize that most of you guys are like my younger brother. I'm 26 and started my programming life at 17. I started with QBASIC - Turbo Basic - Clipper - Turbo C - CA Ingres - Unix C - Gupta SQL Windows - MS Access and now VB. I've touched HTML, VB Script and JavaScript too. I'm from Philippines and I've been to Singapore and now US because of my profession as programmer. Thats the story of my IT life.

[MrPOSTMAN]

' from philippines too

Public Sub MyLife() As a Programmer

Dim I_Started_Last_99_Aug As a Clipper Programmer_

foxpro 4 win

Now.learning VB and C++

End Sub

That's very bad syntax!!!

[MrPOSTMAN]

who cares ... im not going to compile that heheh

uwat la

[HarryW]

By the time this thread dies we're all gonna be past our teens I reckon ;)

[Futemv]

I'm 16, know HTML, javascript, and VB ofcourse. never got paid.

[Dim]

Damn this thread has been up for a while and i still haven't posted. Sooo...
I'm 17, started with vb3 2 years ago and haven't stoped learning since.

Laterz,
D!m

[Emo]

Hey,
I'm 15 and I've been programming since I was 13. I started with VB4 and now I'm up to VB6. I will get started with VC++ in a little bit, I just want to mess with VB for a little while longer!
No, I haven't made any money from programming :( , but I'm hopeing I will soon!

P.S. I became a member because of this threat!:D I just have to be a part of it!
-Emo

[Klass]

Interesting to see how many folks started off programming young.

I've been programming since the age of 9 and am 18 now. That's a total of 9 years! I've made a lot of stuff that I'm now living off of including my own programming language for Database and web development.

Cheers!

[parksie]

I'm 17, and first started learning BASIC on a BBC B when I was 6. I began getting the hang of C when I was 11, and 4 years ago we bought our first PC, and I started VB at 15. I got into C++ about a year and a bit ago. Anyone else start that young?

I didnt start at 6, but I did start at around 11~12

[kovan]

i been programming since 15(holy chicken balls, thats a long time), never relized it been that long
yet i didn't do any real programming til i was about 18
so i am 20 now
been programming for 2 years i guess

got my own software company (dont make crap off that, but i like doing that for fun)
i work for a electric company, cleaing their messed up db
i make web pages for clients on the side
and i just signed a contract with a IT company to have their website designed
SWEET MONEY

little tip for youngsters
keep programming, i promise you it will pay off
o if it doesnt, you end up not getting a job
well thats just to bad, cus i will be in barbados enjoying the sun, while you suffer

damn that came out outloud

but seriously, eventually money will come in
*me prays this other deal goes throu, worth almost 60 K*
happy programming

[Flash d:)]

im 14 and I know vb6 and html. I dont make money but I will once I finish this game im makeing.

[ComputerWiz6996]

I learned HTML when I was about 12, on the old computers at my school. They were not connected to the network so they were unlocked so I could save my work. I have made money because I made my friends WebPages. The WebPages took me about a total of 6 months. It had over 500 pages, totaling over 15MB in just HTML. Almost all the artwork to was handmade, and there was probably a good 30MBs of artwork there...

I am just starting to learn VB6. It has been quite a trip so far...

As for school stuff... I almost made it in to the library as the server operator at my middle school. Now in high school, the tech person (he has no actual job title, go figure...) complete ignores me... Finally I confronted him about it; he said I wasn't smart enough to run the school security. I told him to leave me in the room for five minutes with the computer so I could break into it. He agreed to it, after the five minutes, he came back in, and I had changed almost all the preferences on the computer, deleted some garbage, and installed Quake 2 off a disk that was in my back pack, and had printed his user-name and password, the principals, and a list of all the team leaders stuff. When he saw all of it, he freaked out, shredded the stuff I printed, changed all of the passwords I printed, and said that he fixed the security so I couldn't do that again, even though all he did was change the passwords and uninstall Quake 2. I was banned from all school computers for 2 weeks, then when I got back on, I deleted the security program off the main server with a prog I made in VB6.0...

[Edited by ComputerWiz6996 on 12-29-2000 at 10:01 PM]

Well I'm not quite a teenager anymore, I just turned 21. I've only been programming about 1 or 2 years. I guess you could say i know a little bit about a lot of things. I have the problem of starting to learn something and then going on to something else before i'm finished.
The languages I know best are:
--Informix 4GL
--HTML
--Visual Basic
I am currently in the process of learning Perl, C\C++, and i've dabbled a little with Java.
As of know I am working for a company writing 4GL programs and doing a little bit of web design.

[nukem996]

yo im 13. I know HTML(a little not that great), vb(great), and c++(just started but i know all the basics and did all the 1st programs). been programing since i was 8. my dad helped me alot he works at IBM. he told me what to learn and got me all these books. right now im working no a media player. i made some other programs and thier on my site, but. i havnt updated my site since i was 10. but people keep hitting it. i hope to become a rich robotic enginer.

15, visual basic, html, asp, batch, basic (not much any more) and it is quite easy to make money with your programs, visit http://www.radiate.com

i started BASIC at 7 im now 16 and program in VB6.0 and i get paid :D
I might have a go at VC++ soon.

[paulw]

I'm not a teenager but if you divide my age by two I would only be 17! Four people older than me made me feel a lot better - it is quite a shock to find out how young some of you guys are!

Still, how many of you have found the right girl, got some great kids and paid off the mortgage? It's not all bad being old.

Cheers,

P.

Hi! I'm now 15. I started programming when I was 11, just a few lines of QBASIC, then I got into batch files and Pascal. Now I can do all sorts:
VB
QBASIC
Java
HTML
ASP
JavaScript
VBScript
CSS1
Pascal
C++
etc.
If there's NE1 Interested in joining me in a freeware/ shareware company go to this thread:
http://forums.vb-world.net/showthread.php?postid=195386
Later.

[shragel]

I am A teen programes and i do make alot of money because a sold my first program for a large company for almost nothing (under $4000)
And later got ref. to other companies where i charge full price.
Good luck to EVERYONE

[Kzin]

Originally posted by RoyceWindsor1
I'm twenty-three now, but I learned to program early in my teens. If you want my advice, start with C++.
It is the most popular language which is TRULY object-oriented, and learning it will give you the fundamentals to work with many other tools.
If you start with something like visual basic, you will
DEFINATELY pick up bad habits which will hamper you working in more sophisticated languages later

- John

[Edited by RoyceWindsor1 on 04-22-2000 at 02:00 PM]

I've got to agree with RoyceWindsor1 on this one - start with the hard stuff (C++) if you are smart then move back to the easy stuff. Its a bit like those martial arts things where you start prancing around with a sack of cement on your back or practice fast moves in water and then can *amaze* people withg how good you are when you take the weights off ;)

Seriously - I've taught programming in college and I can tell you that it is really difficult to lose bad habits -

[VBD]

Hi Im Dan. I program in VB and QBasic. I am 11 and have created a wireframe control which can be found in the thread cheap 3-D under Games & Graphics Programming

[phreeze]

i'm 14
i first stated in HTML then i moved onto VB then off to QBasic and then C. once i laerned C basicz i started working on UNIX and then i got into computer security. im currently learning ASM
and no im not making money off of anything i do
i want to though

[abdul]

Hi, I am 15 and I started learning QBAISC aout 1 year ago. Then I moved on to visual basic. Now, I am learning and programming in C\C++. I dont think that I will be able to make money for next few months because I am not so much expert at any of the programming language:p

[denniswrenn]

I've already posted here, but....

I'm 14 and know


HTML
JavaScript
ASP(VBScript and learning PerlScript)
PHP
C/C++(UNIX/Win32 Console/Windows GUI)
Visual Basic
Python
SQL
Java(Just a little bit)
DOS Batch
TI-Basic(83/89)
Perl


I started learning ASM quite a while ago, but stopped because I wanted to finish learning C/C++(For the most part, I've finished, I still need to learn things like Nested Templates, Tree's, and need to brush up on Inheritance). It would be nice to learn XML/XHTML, but it just looks like too much of a pain in the ass.

[Edit: Forgot to add Perl to the list]

[parksie]

I never posted a full list either, so here's mine:
C
C++
Visual Basic
BBC Basic
Perl
PHP
Java
SQL
HTML
JavaScript
Also, programming for the Win32 GUI in most of those languages (the ones that let you, duh...;)) :)

[goudabuddha]

Hey ya'll, I'm 13 and I've been programming for a couple years, although I haven't been doing it real seriously until lately. I started at VB4 and now I'm at VB6, although I'm still learning. I know HTML and a very small bit of Java. By the end of the year I hope to have at least started on ASM, and my friend and I are writing our own programming language right now. I'm not sure about learning VC++ yet, though...is it worth it? I mean, is it a valuable language to know? Seems quite complicated to me...

[parksie]

Don't bother learning ASM if you haven't been through a lower level language than VB already - you'll have a VERY hard time.

*sigh*

VC++ is an IDE/compiler. C++ is the language, and it may be complicated but it's still pretty much the standard because it whoops everything else for power and flexibility.

[goudabuddha]

I find that ASM thing hard to believe because my friend is learning it and he says it's real easy to pick up.

[abdul]

C++ was developed after ASM for more easy understanding. Why not just pick a standard language which is C++? Windows is written in C\C++ - not ASM (I believe that some parts like bootstraps were written is ASM). C++ is also easier than ASM.

[parksie]

I don't think C was directly after assembler, but it serves that purpose. C++ is targetted very differently than C, because C source is very tightly linked to the outputted object code. C++ has a lot more inserted by the compiler.

[abdul]

But their basic syntax is the same

[nabeels786]

im 15. i started programming with basic when i was 12. then i learned VB (been doing that for 2 years).

i stopped windows programmign for a while and started doing web development/programming/design. still do it.

im working as a vb programmer forphilips research (http://www.research.philips.com/) (the USA division, the only one in the US)

making some good money. now they hired me for longer..so im gonne werk @ home for them during the school year.

finally getting up off of my ass and continuing with c++ (left off at pointers)

[list=a]
vb
basic (i think i forgot it though)
html
javascript
c++ (limited tho)
perl
asp
php
[/list=a]

[parksie]

That was the idea of C++. However I often revert back to C if I don't need all the features of C++ (I can often get by with a struct and some helper functions rather than a class) - you'd be surprised how much simpler it is to write sometimes.

Hmm...web development vs. Windows development. I'm not really sure which one is the best at the moment; I used to think web was a poor cousin of "real" computer programs, but I'm not so sure now.

[nabeels786]

Originally posted by Benjamin
Our school runs novell, not even worth breaking into....
they supposedly block access to the C drive,
it's not in the my computer folder, but all you have to do is right click, and select "create shortcut" and for the path type C:\

and that way, you can access everything in the HDD.....
in my last year of school, I might think about really breaking into it.... and then maybe changing everything around, so the teachers can't do anything, but the students can do everything... hehehe... currently it's the other way around... we can't even access internet explorer, only netscape :(
but fortunatly the computer I use has some security problems, and I can use it..... I hate netscape...

open my computer and in the address bar type the URL. voila IE.

novell is pretty each to screw with.

[parksie]

How old was that post?!?!?!

Dennis hasn't posted under that name for months!

[nabeels786]

me?

[Sc0rp]

I haven't posted a list either, so here goes:

Visual Basic
QuickBasic
JavaScript
HTML\XHTML\XML
DOS Batch
Pascal (unfortunately this is what we learn in school :( )
Delphi
C\C++ (still learning)


And that's about it.

[JungleMan]

I'm 15 and I know a little bit of VB.

But I can justify that because I'm pretty good in Javascript ;) ;)

[billfaceuk]

15 and I do VB.

I know some sucky languages though like
HTML
Javascript
ActionScript
VBScript
etc etc.

[prog_tom]

Oh and I'm 12. I think I'm the TOP 10 in ages from 1 to 20:)

[beachbum]

Originally posted by prog_tom
Oh and I'm 12. I think I'm the TOP 10 in ages from 1 to 20:) Waits quietly for the response to this one :p ... reminds me of the FarSide comic.... bummer of a birth mark Hal.

[barrk]

I've heard that every 5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions.

[filburt1]

There are three people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.

Filburt: How many digits are in Pi?
Hal: There are an infinite number of digits in pi.


Damn he's smart. :D

[etoo]

Here's how I started programming:

One day, I was alone and had nothing to do so I started using my father's old P100 and looking at the Windows 95 disk.

After playing the two stupid videos and that horrible game Hover, I came across the QBasic program. I then tried copying the programs from a 20 year old BASIC book. Most of them I had to change to work.

I used QBasic for about 3 years and then got VB.

Then, in 1998, I spent my savings and got a PII 350.

And then in 2000, I sold my computer and built myself a PIII 733 EB, which is what I use currently.

Then, in 2001, I tried posting a program to my old internet site.

I was very surprised at how many people downloaded it and now I make program and put them on my internet site @ www.digitope.com.

I have only made pocket change from my programs.

[abdul]

Me: What is the answer of:

2/5*3+9-12/6*8*4*4*4

(You have 20 seconds and no calculator is allowed:D)

You: 12...15....90...1000....40.............
THAT IS STUPID

[aknisely]

-1013.8

[abdul]

You have 20 seconds and no CALCULATOR is allowed

I hope that you followed the rules:D

[aknisely]

Of course. It took me 49 seconds.

[abdul]

:D

[ShaneBauer]

My name is Shane Bauer and I just turned 18 a couple weeks ago.

I have been doing this stuff since I was 12. I know client-side web languages such as HTML, Flash and JavaScript. On the server side I know Perl, ASP (VBScript), PHP, ColdFusion, and SQL. I also know Visual Basic and c++.

I currently work for a large world wide company(making money).

I am going to be attending college very soon (not paying for a d ime). I also run an online company.

[parksie]

So which worldwide company is this?

[ShaneBauer]

Black & Decker.

you might not of heard of them if your not in the whole tool market thing.

[parksie]

They made my lawnmower :)

And my hedge trimmer :)

And some other tools I have that I can't remember what they were...a power drill I think :)

[jjortiz]

Originally posted by ShadowCrawler
Hey, I'm 13.63&lt;g&gt;, been programming since I was 7 in the old TRS-80 days. Started with BASIC, then QBasic, then HTML/JScript/DHTML, VB, then on to C++. VB is my favorite language, by far.

Also, I sell plugins that control another chat client, and make quite a lot of money off of those.

I am just wondering how you are 13 and you started with TRS-80. Those computers came out in the early 80's if memory serves right.

[Planix]

I hope you young fella's won't mind a post from an old guy.

I am 40, nearly 41, and I began using a version of basic on a handheld calculator when I was doing my Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology some 17 years ago. I was a statistical procedure that had not been automated so I went out and learned a very basic Basic so that I wouldn't have to do all my calculations by hand. You may be forgiven for recognising that I am fundamentally a lazy person;)

I then graduated:confused: on to Hypercard scripting for the Macintosh and wrote a couple of computer asministered psychological assessments.

Recognising the limits of Macs I went on to PC's and looked around for an equally easy to learn and use programming environment. I found VB and have used it ever since. I have looked at Eiffel, Perl, Python, and a few others. C makes my head hurt so I stay away from it.

Realistically I only have a couple of years programming experience because it is something that I do in my spare time. My main occupation is as a clinical psychologist. However, I have found a way to link the two, at least for the next 12 months, as my employer has agreed to fund my unit to set up Australia's first professional on-line counselling service for adolescents.

I really enjoy VB. You guys know heaps of stuff and you are incredibly keen to share. I reckon that I am going to learn heaps from reading what you say and getting my own questions answered. I wish I had found you years ago.

P.S. Do you like the avatar? I finally figured out how to upload an animated GIF.

[parksie]

C makes my head hurt so I stay away from it.And for the same reason, I use it :) (Me.Masochistic = True :p)

Yep, nice av ;)

[ice_531]

Hi, well im 15 and acually i just started programming about 2 months ago....something like that lol
and i started out with VB :D , and i've just now started to make my own programs..mainly compatable with the audio/video software Paltalk- www.paltalk.com
but before i took up programming, i was into web designing..well i still am :)
and i know a lil bit of java script, and java :)

email me if you need me :rolleyes:

[cafeenman]

I'm 13 (well, I will be in a month). I've been programming since 1967. I know every programming language and every IT technology because I invented all of them - including the internet.

I own NASA and make regular trips to other galaxies in my space racer and I have a cat named Fluffy.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by cafeenman
I'm 13 (well, I will be in a month). I've been programming since 1967. I know every programming language and every IT technology because I invented all of them - including the internet.

I own NASA and make regular trips to other galaxies in my space racer and I have a cat named Fluffy. you forgot about the caffee:eek:

[cafeenman]

I'm not old enough to drink it. I drink Mountain Dew. Actually it's Space Dew - a derivative of Mountain Dew. It's a gravity enhancing beverage.

[nabeels786]

hmmm gravity enhancing...so do you float or are stuck to the earth like a barnacle (mmm couldnt think of anything else:rolleyes: )

[VBD]

Hi, I'm 12. I started at 7 in QBasic. I learned VB(VBA), a little Perl, and am learning C++. I am currently writing a 3D Engine and instant messenger in VB. As stupid as it sounds, HTML is to complex for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have fun

[nabeels786]

writing a 3d engine, yet html to too complex? :rolleyes:

[TheBionicOrange]

Hello Planix ....and welcome to weird world !

Its nice to see someone else older than me on here (not including my lovely Auntie Kate of course :D )

:D :cool: :D

[Aerials]

whats up with bringing back 3 year old threads?

[TheBionicOrange]

Oh yeah !

Didn't notice the date on PLanix's entry !

He's probably a pro now :p

Well spotted Aerials !

[nabeels786]

no idea :confused:

[Aerials]

Originally posted by TheBionicOrange
Oh yeah !

Didn't notice the date on PLanix's entry !

He's probably a pro now :p

Well spotted Aerials !
yes i AM a genius ;)

[Ultimasnake]

I'm just 18 and know , basic , qbasic , vbasic , html , java and a bit cgi

TO BAD I AM NOT MAKING ANY MONEY WITH IT :( can i then? i live in the netherlands ;)

[floppes]

I'm 18 and have my own company: Script Soft (http://www.scriptsoft.de/english/).

And I'm making some money ;)

[abdul]

Just looked at some description of your WinSpeedUp application.

With WinSpeedUp you get access to hidden system options with which you can accelerate and improve Windows. Programs are started faster, the harddrive is cleaned up, the sytem start gets shortened and you can get further information about your computer

:D

[floppes]

Sorry, I don't know what you mean.... Is there a spelling error? I'm from Germany ;)

[abdul]

No spelling error but it sounds like it's saying that it'll completely clean up the harddrive (so you'll lose your data...).;)

[floppes]

Ooooops :eek:

So, what description would you suggest? :)

[abdul]

Probably something like "deletes unnecessary files from your harddisk...". Depends on what it really does.:)

[petrus]

I'm 14 and my strongest language is VB, but I'm learning C++.
And I'm pretty good at VB too.

[parksie]

Wow, diggage going on here...

[venerable bede]

I Am 117 years of age.

Does that make me a teenager?

[Xa0z]

Nice topic,

My name is Merlin and I'm 18 years old. Started reading VB books (had no computer) when I was 14. I really like programming VB and I'm pretty good at it. I try to use as much of the lowlevel abilities as there are in VB (Multithreading is not one of them unfortunatly :() I'm working for a large company for 2 years now and I'm since a couple of months on University studying informatics.

I'm working on a coupe of very large programs. One program that is able to view everything you normally can't see in Windows. Extremely difficult with drivers, lowlevel dll's and a really nice interface ;). Another program I'm going to create when I'm studying C# (which is necesary for some dll's of my first project too). This project does the same as above but is meant for giving information easily and fast to other programs. It's a collection of registry, hardware, systemprops, threads, windows, memory and lots more. You can make a reference to my dll then and say you want to register as listener for the registry for a specific key. When this key is altered. You can either make the program run a script or start your program/ send a message to a registered window.

Damn, I'm brabbling alot here. Well, you now know of me and my interests and I know of yours. Nice to get to know eachother!

[plenderj]

Your name is Merlin ?
Like the magician ?

[john tindell]

im 15 i know vb and asp kinda, html well (i think) and im reading some book about php. ive just started to make simple asp sites for lazy people at my school :D

[Walter100]

Well I guess it wouldnt be fair if I didnt post me my post. I am also currently and teenage programmer. I learned Html basically when I was twelve (now seventeen) and from there about sixteen years old I dove into Visual Basics 6.0 (self taught). Only programming language I know outside of that is a little C++. I have yet to make any money programming but here is the address to my latest and currently top application.

http://www.geocities.com/striver2000pro/expenditures.html

I have made money on webdesign

http://www.sdesigns.cjb.net

[Xa0z]

Yes plenderj, my name is merlin lorin, like the great druid's name :p.

[knw]

Im 12 and i started programming when i was 6 in assembly then i gave it up when i was 8 and i started learning vb 4 when it came out. my dad got me our first computer in 1992, and also i ruled on doom doom2 and quake 1, cya! im not lying so u kno

[petrus]

I don't believe ya.

[wpearsall]

17 (Nearly 18)
Visual Basic's
Some Perl (Was my best lang till i started php, and totally forgot it)
Learning php (Rather fast, i would say its now my best lang)
Erm,

Job: I am currently "At college" and in the "Development stages" with a friend, to start programming as a profession (only with php).

(Currently do coding for fun, and to help my mate out with his bugs etc, not making any $$$ yet tho ;))

[Shell]

Ok, i'll tell my stuff aswell!

Im 16 years old, programming in vb for about 10 years now. I started programming superlogo (a real childish something:)) then went to vb. Also know a lil' c++ vga programming, html, javascript and ASP.

i made a lil' money but that was from some friends :)

-Shell-

[petrus]

Shell, you are a bit like me then, but I am 15 years old.
I started with vb in Excel...

[-_MAD-HATTAH_-]

14...This summer I'm going down the street to honey well...Its pretty kool. They let you work ther "as long as you take the training" Hey It's free money for me...Programming is fun! (and im VB 6)

[Shawn N]

22
Programming on a daily basis since 15 and I'm rarely impressed by anyone's programming skills on this board other than Serge, Hack, MerrionComputing, and Megatron.

I'm sure there are others that've got a "lift of the eyebrow" from me, but, for the most part, I think most teenagers on this board are making AOL plug-ins.

[Shawn N]

Originally posted by prog_tom
Oh and I'm 12. I think I'm the TOP 10 in ages from 1 to 20:) pft (http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1179605#post1179605)

[-_MAD-HATTAH_-]

hmm ive been programming like...a month

[wpearsall]

1 day to 10 years 1 1.61%
11 years to 20 years 35 56.45%
21 years to 30 years 19 30.65%
31 years to 40 years 3 4.84%
41 years to 50 years 1 1.61%
51 years to 60 years 0 0%
61 years to 70 years 0 0%
71 years to 80 years 0 0%
81+ years 3 4.84%
Rather not say 0 0%

Total: 62 votes 100%



Whos 81+ ?
: Wonders if everyone filled in the poll properly,
or if there really are mature programmers here?
(No reason there shouldnt be :D)

[wpearsall]

Originally posted by Shawn N
I think most teenagers on this board are making AOL plug-ins.

PMSL. :D