Over 30 Programmers

[jritchie]

CompuGEEK posted enquiry about teenage programmers on this site, thought l would throw one in for the over 30 set. How did you start in IS, what lead you to vb?

Hahahahaha.. U just had to do it didn't you.. (30 year old here)

now, I just hope no one thinks I'm a MORON just cuzz I type in a fast pace and spell you as U. And because as cuzz..


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John T. Mieske
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[jritchie]

John,

Not a problem with U as you, but down under cuz is used as a shorten form of cousin, sort of like bro for brother, though the person is not necessarily a relation. At least this happens in kiwiland

Hahahahaha... good one.. didn't know that about the "Land Down Under" though. .thanks for the tip..

Knight

[Jarrod]

It's the same in Aus. I know KiwiLand is close enough though so I guess we can include the Kiwi cuz in the 'Land Down Under'!!

(Almost 30 - but trying not to think of it!!)

[jritchie]

Jarrod,

As we all know Aus is an Island off the coast of New Zealand

P.S Look out for kiwi cricket next month, your run of six wins is coming to an end

[Jarrod]

Yeah, we lost it in a big way last night. I still haven't managed to talk about it without breaking into tears...*sniffle*

Hahaha.. how did we go from talking about 30 year and older programmers to kiwi cricket.. Man, am I feeling old right about now...

:: Scratches his backside as he farts.. Bones creek... muscles start to ache... ::

Knight

[chrisjk]

regarding "cuz" eveyone - I do beleive the accepted slang for because it "coz"...does that mean anything else anywhere..

Regards,

Chris

[Jarrod]

OK. I guess we can get back on the track.

I started out with VB6 about three weeks ago. Originally started writing Word 2 and 6 macros and haven't touched anything for about 3 or 4 years and wanted to get back into it. VB seemed the best way to go. Some things are still the same but there is so much that I am missing - thank god there are some people out there that can help me teach myself!!

[HDR]

You're making me feel old. I'm in the over 40 crowd and have been programming since the late 70's. I used to use punch cards to input source code into the compiler. I've been using Visual Basic for the last couple of years. Before then, I programmed in lots of IBM mainframe languages and some UNIX and AIX.

[compuGEEK]

I'll be 30 on 2/18....close! I started my programming career late. I'm a little envious that I wasn't programming as a teenager

I guess all that beer drinking and partying as a teen quelled my motivation to program!

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[mhayenga]

Although I'm not 30(just over 1/2 that), I felt inclined to say something that my older brother once told me.

Remember, you can't drink until you're a Junior(17).

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[Juan Carlos Rey]

I am one of the two oldest guys around, just 52.
I started with quick basic 4.5 at 44 (believe or not) and was forced by my friend Bill to upgrade to Visual Basic to be able to do apps for Windows. (I don't regret thou)
I live under down under, coz Argentina is the southest country in the world, but we didn't earn the credit!

Cheers to you, Aussie mate!
And congrats for the world rugby title!

[Al Smith]

Next February will be the 21st anniversary of my 30th birthday. I started in electronics during the vacuum tube days. I can tell you everything you want to know about vacuum tubes. Then electronics became digital. I was a hardware guy and suffered through Op-Amps, Flip-Flops, etc. I started software programming for fun on a Vic20, the forerunner to a Commador 64.
In 1984 I was transfered to corporate and had an IBM XT as my computer. BASIC was actually in the ROM. If you booted up without a disk you would be in BASIC.
Then came GWBasic, QuickBasic, and now VisualBasic. I've only been with VB about 6 months now since the company just went from DOS based computers to a Windows based unit in May of 1999.
Al.


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[FirstKnight]

I'm 3 years short of 30 and I also started with QBasic then came Access and now VB. As for the Aussies winning the rugby world cup, enjoy it while you can coz South Africa's gonna kick ass in the next one

[JorgeLedo]

Hi there,

I fell like in the midle of a war "Teenagers Vs. Thirtyagers", and I'm only 27 .

As for the rugby I'm from Protugal but I'm ALL BLACK.

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Portugal

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[cfmoxey]

As probably the senior programmer of you all--I will be 56 in April--my first programming was in college in the middle sixties with COBOL and punch cards. I did not become a computer person, however, until the PC came on the market, but then I only used it for data collection. When Access 1.0 came out, I was working in a cardiac catheterization lab and began to dabble in what VBA there was for Access 1.0 then 2.0. Almost two years ago, I decided to take the plunge and work for the company that make our cath lab database interface. And thus, thirty years after writing my last line of COBOL, I started writing my first lines of VB.

[Mildumar]

Nice hearing about all you KIDS! I turned 63 last November. Started programming in VB6 in January '99. Looked at code I wrote two weeks ago and couldn't remember writing it. Guess it's time to hang it up and go fishing. Gona do that, this March. Thanks for all the help you guys have been to me. I read the Q and A daily.

Duane

Hehe i actually have an XT somewhere that boot's to basic, it has a 20mb hardisk and 4colour CGA for te most amazing almost as real looking graphics. I used it from since i was 5years old(whoho thats almost 15years ago).

I'm just posting because on 18-2-2000 i will be getting old(20) to.



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[HariSeldon]

Well, I'll be thirty this year, and I started my programming career popping out BASIC programs on a Texas Instruments 99-4A (The precursor to even the VIC-20) when I was 12 years old. I then moved into CPM and helped my father with a small PC firm that was trying to rival IBM in the 80's. Needless to say, IBM won and my dad's small firm closed shop. I moved then to my Commodore 64, then to the 128 and then to the Nintendo (stopped programming for a few years.) Finally, QBASIC came out with DOS and I jumped on it. I moved steadily through to VB for DOS and jumped to VB for Windows starting with version 2.0 (1992 I think). sinse then, I have been living out Mr. Gates dream by becoming a full-fledged VB die-hard. I love VB and am now getting paid to use it. I never thought about BASIC as a career way back when I was making little text messages and input statements pop up on my parents TV screen. Boy how far we've come!

HS

[HeSaidJoe]

What's with this age thing anyway?
I'm antique (49)and going up in value every day.
I was just taking courses for the sake of taking courses...the company pays 80% and it looks good on your review (Ha so they say...funny you don't get more than the guy who takes none)......so I took some Basic and some ???Cobal???, and then some FrontPage, HTML, InternetWorking (Lan Junk), Internet, MS Office Applications, and then some VB4 & then VB5 and then some VB6 and then some Rapid Application Using VB and I still am only a (*(&&^&*%&( /) Computer Operator) getting cents instead of $$$$$$......but hey, outside of that......VB is a very very fun language cus I say so.
Wayne

I never realized the age range in VB programmers. We have people like Carlos Ray who are 52. and other people who are only 13.

I never realized the age range in VB programmers. We have people who are 52. and other people who are only 13.

[raicheman]

Yeah I'm of the older crowd (early 30's) I've been programming for just over 2 years. I just want to thank all of you for informative posts that I have been reading. This is the most helpful format for vb that I have seen so far.