How many teenaged programmers?

[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

[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!! )

[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
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
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!

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[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


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[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

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


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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.

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...