Post here if you think you are too young to program, but you are. Must be a programmer. Just say "I am" in your post or something. Just curious.
Me: I am... <16
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Post here if you think you are too young to program, but you are. Must be a programmer. Just say "I am" in your post or something. Just curious.
Me: I am... <16
I'm a fetus. It's tough getting WiFi in here. :(
I'm also < 16. I'm less than 16 tons in weight. I'm less than 16 centuries old. I'm less than 16 days overdue paying my taxes. I'm less than 16 lots of things.
Too young to program is 5 years or less. Crptcblade wins. Fetality :afrog:
'bout damn time. :afrog:Quote:
Originally Posted by mendhak
There is a "post your age"-ish thread... no need to reinvent the wheel that's been reinvented about twenty times now. I started playing with computers when I was 6, started coding when I was 15... now I'm 21, working full time as a web developer. Life is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
But you still havent learned to eat spaghetti.Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
I am a nine and a half year old girl. :o
Isn't that a dangerous thing to say on the internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by demotivater
I like to be popular.
I'm 20... fail :(
i am 20 in dog years. :( :(Quote:
Originally Posted by I_Love_My_Vans
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Originally Posted by minitech
I have not been conceived yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
I am still a cell to be released sooner or later.
It's amazing how you're able to post on VBForums.Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
Thank goodness for USB slits.
I learned HTML at 12, became intermediate at Flash Animation at 13, became pro at TI-BASIC at 14 (still am =P), and now I'm 16 and I'm getting good at VB.NET.
And I have yet to meet a programmer better than me (in person) in TI-BASIC or VB.NET. Needless to say there are millions of programmers out there who are >.> Still, it's fun being better than everyone you've met in your life.
I hate to burst your bubble, but I wouldn't go boasting too much... there are some DAMN fine devs on this forum, and don't forget that quite a few of us make a living doing this. Call yourself an expert all you want, but I don't think you really can be an expert at 16.. unless you're a savant. Programming isn't something that's learned, so much as understood. If you actually get it, you can work magic. If not, it's just a hobby.
By "met" I meant in person, not online. Also if you read the end of my post I state that I know I'm not the best by a long shot. I'm merely in the top couple 100 million:afrog: And pretty much every good post I see comes from someone better than me. I have no bubble, I didn't mean to say I was the best in the world or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
I'm far from an Expert, but...Code:Call yourself an expert all you want
I will say I have this magic, I would describe it as not knowing everything about a language so much as knowing how to use what you know to accomplish greater things with your programs.Quote:
If you actually get it, you can work magic. If not, it's just a hobby.
Dont mess with timeshifter... he always wins. Even if you win, he wins. And i agree with timesliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vectris
18 million. There are 18 million programmers in the world in all likelihood. This is because a statistic I know if indicates that actual geeks are the top 3% of the population. That's 180 million, of which it's quite likely that only 10% are programmers while the rest are actual geeks in other fields. That gives us 18 million.
I'll agree with timesliver as well, because he's a crotchety barstud and a friend. :afrog:
Or maybe because you've seen the code I write :p
I ain't ;) the youngest.
I have a really nice compound miter saw, and I know all of the features. But I am not a good carpenter.
I started when I was 13 (only cause I don't count batch files as programming) I'm 24 now and my 5 year old son already knows how to play portal, life is good.
Though I've been helping formlesstree4 (he claims to be 15) the last few months so might want to throw his name on this list.
I didnt start out with real programming until i was about 17, which is also when I joined VBForums. Now I'm 21. So I guess I should be considered pretty fresh in the programming world.
When I was young, computers haven't been invented, so.....................
TimeshifterReadingComprehension--Quote:
Originally Posted by Vectris
Computers were around when I was young. We got a TRS-80 Level 1 with 4k RAM and a tape drive when I was in HS.
See my signature for my first. It was an odd machine, didn't have words / bytes, did addition by table lookup, etc.
I wrote my first lines of code (BASIC) on one of those. But the TRS-80s our school bought didn't have tape drives. 5-1/4" floppies only...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Oh, yeah - it was 1982 and I was 16 years old.
Know what happens when you put 30 VDC on the bus of a TRS-80? It sounds like a popcorn machine.
One of the reasons I made this is because nobody ever believes a word you say about your age. And nothing seems to be about age, now. ??? At least it's a hot topic...Quote:
Originally Posted by crptcblade
Fact:
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Do you really love the number seven?Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
You have an awesome family.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuggaloBrotha
It's my favorite single-digit number.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuggaloBrotha
Oh, and something to add to your signature, since you have the 3 types of people:
4 out of 3 people have trouble with fractions. :D
You're 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
I'm not a programmer. :) I'm a hobbyist. :thumb:
Looking at my profile is...Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
I guess there's no such thing as "cheating", here.:D
Learned HTML: 7
Did a MsgBox: 9
Learned simple VB: 9-10
Now: 11
Now learn a real language, get fluent with CSS and jQuery, and go get a job :)
VB is a real language. And why would I bother learning another one? I just started making classic arcade games.
And I'm good with CSS. As in very, popups with CSS+javascript and pretty borders for professional pages.
As for jQuery, what is it?
Yeah, go code some more. You've got some learning to do.
Why limit yourself to vb? That's like being a chef, and only cook using a microwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
How so?
TI-BASIC, VB6, VB.NET (2.0 - 3.5), C# (3.5 mainly), ASP.NET, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, T-SQL... now that's a skill set for the modern world.
Too bad I don't have enough time to learn them. I average 7 hrs a week on computer.
Then how do you think you're justified in claiming you're very good with technologies that many people on this forum make a LIVING using?
Fight, fight, fight! :lol:
So thats about 364 hours a year. I spend roughly 2988 hours yearly on the computer. I am sure ts spends more time than me on the computer...Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
Epic fail.
9 hours a day at work, plus usually another 5 at home after work... a little over 5000 hours yearly.
Yeah.
Lest you get the wrong idea, I'm not trying to knock you down... just show you that boasting in a forum full of true expert programmers probably isn't a good idea. Please ask questions to learn, but do realize that you're getting help from people a LOT smarter than you.Quote:
Originally Posted by minitech
And occassionally I answer questions, too. :afrog:Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
Yeah, watch out for crptc... he might try to steal your soul with an army of carpenter ants armed with Uzi's...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/...bb639583d8.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
What kind of post is THAT! Do you have goon tattooed on your forehead? Is it forwards or backwards (so you can read it in a mirror)?Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
There are some people with lots of experience (and some even have a life as opposed to people who claim they spend 14 hours a day on the computer), and there are some very smart people, but suggesting that group X is a LOT smarter than anyone is the road to idiotic cult worship.
That's a heckuva good start for someone that age. If he sticks with it he'll go far. Heck, he probably won't have to list TI-BASIC (obscure and trivial, it would be like me listing CR-10 assembly code) and T-SQL (whoop-de-doo) to puff up the list of languages.
Be aware of what's out there, but don't bother learning languages that you aren't using, they'll probably go away before you have a need for them. C/C++ and ASM have stuck around for decades. Everything else...not so much. VB6 probably isn't worth learning if you don't know it already. VB4 and earlier are DEFINITELY not worth learning. COBOL? Forget it. Pascal? Forget it, unless you want to work in Delphi. FORTRAN? Forget it.
Those were the languages when I was in school (not VB, that wasn't out yet). What will be around in ten years when you enter the work force? Will there be Perl, Ruby, Python, Java or .NET? I would bet on some version of Java...maybe, some version of .NET, but version 7.0, and one of the others. There will also be half a dozen other hot new languages.
I do stare at my screen for 14 hours a day, and I've pioneered several pretty wild systems for my company, and I have no problem at all saying that the people who tend to answer questions the best are considerably smarter than me. I enjoy getting help from them, because I know it's a great way to get better myself. There's no competition here, but boasting when you don't know the arena you're in is a recipe to upset people.
I never said that.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by timeshifter
I said I know them. Sorry, that's different from being an expert. 'Fraid you misunderstood. And I am not a boaster. No need to get angry.
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"I'm not trying to knock you down.." you say... well, you definetely can't knock me down. I'm not up :bigyello:
I see people referring to CSS. Is that short for C Sharp Super or C Sharp Something or other or maybe it's not C Sharp at all.