4 Jan
2012
4 Jan
'12
12:43 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:10 PM, MikeS <dm561 at torfree.net> wrote:
But I suspect many of the programmers actually writing
code in the 'real'
world today are somewhat younger than 45 or 50, and did indeed start on an
8-bitter of the 70's and 80's when the whole field exploded.
I'm 45. I consider my start to be learning to program on a PET (a 4K
PET down at the public library at first, then my own 32K PET a couple
of years later) which led directly to my first job, programming
applications in BASIC and assembler on the C-64. Many of my younger
co-workers' first experiences were on a C-64; a much smaller number
learned BASIC on Apples or Ataris. Some are young enough that their
first computer experience was using an MS-DOS-based PC, but none of
those individuals tell any stories about writing any software on them,
just playing games.
-ethan