The Youngest...

[minitech]

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

[crptcblade]

I'm a fetus. It's tough getting WiFi in here.

[EntityX]

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.

[mendhak]

Too young to program is 5 years or less. Crptcblade wins. Fetality

[crptcblade]

Crptcblade wins.

'bout damn time.

[timeshifter]

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

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.

[Atheist]

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.

But you still havent learned to eat spaghetti.

[demotivater]

I am a nine and a half year old girl.

[crptcblade]

I am a nine and a half year old girl.

Isn't that a dangerous thing to say on the internet?

[demotivater]

I like to be popular.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

I'm 20... fail

[abhijit]

I'm 20... fail

i am 20 in dog years.

[dclamp]

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 have not been conceived yet.

[dee-u]

I am still a cell to be released sooner or later.

[EntityX]

I have not been conceived yet.

It's amazing how you're able to post on VBForums.

[demotivater]

Thank goodness for USB slits.

[Vectris]

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.

[timeshifter]

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.

[Vectris]

there are some DAMN fine devs on this forum

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 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.

Call yourself an expert all you want

I'm far from an Expert, but...

If you actually get it, you can work magic. If not, it's just a hobby.

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.

[dclamp]

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 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.

I'm far from an Expert, but...

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.

Dont mess with timeshifter... he always wins. Even if you win, he wins. And i agree with timesliver.

[mendhak]

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&#37; 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.

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

I'll agree with timesliver as well, because he's a crotchety barstud and a friend.

[timeshifter]

Or maybe because you've seen the code I write

[dbasnett]

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.

[JuggaloBrotha]

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.

[Atheist]

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.

[opus]

When I was young, computers haven't been invented, so.....................

[Shaggy Hiker]

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.

TimeshifterReadingComprehension--

[Shaggy Hiker]

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.

[dbasnett]

See my signature for my first. It was an odd machine, didn't have words / bytes, did addition by table lookup, etc.

[homer13j]

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.

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...

Oh, yeah - it was 1982 and I was 16 years old.

[dbasnett]

Know what happens when you put 30 VDC on the bus of a TRS-80? It sounds like a popcorn machine.

[minitech]

Isn't that a dangerous thing to say on the internet?

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...

Fact:
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[JuggaloBrotha]

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...

Fact:
m34i1111111n7i16t7e9-2ch322 322loves52the11221num7b232er7se12211ven.

Do you really love the number seven?

[mendhak]

I 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.

You have an awesome family.

[minitech]

Do you really love the number seven?

It's my favorite single-digit number.

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.

[dclamp]

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

You're 11.

[BillGeek]

I'm not a programmer. I'm a hobbyist.

[minitech]

You're 11.

Looking at my profile is...
I guess there's no such thing as "cheating", here.

[minitech]

Learned HTML: 7
Did a MsgBox: 9
Learned simple VB: 9-10
Now: 11