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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
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I remember (with great fondness) those heady times in the mid-70s when you'd laboriously "type" your code on a deck of punched-cards wrapped in a piece of paper and an elastic band and put them on a counter and wait for them-thar computer operators to run them through the card reader. Sometimes, you'd try and strike a rapport with the operators in the hope your deck of cards would make it to the top of the stack. It was all so analogue then. I've been churning out shite code "professionally" since about 1978/79.
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
It's generally accepted that it's Henry Minute[^] who's coding career began with code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates, and executed using an array of uRaptor processors...
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It's generally accepted that it's Henry Minute[^] who's coding career began with code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates, and executed using an array of uRaptor processors...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam
OriginalGriff wrote:
code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates
Was it a bug in his software that made them go extinct? :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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OriginalGriff wrote:
code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates
Was it a bug in his software that made them go extinct? :laugh:
It's an OO world.
public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}No, he doesn't write bugs. Possibly he uses so many of them they died out though... :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
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See http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx[^].
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my answer still stands. Its simply Bob :)
"Coming soon"
Who is Bob ?:confused:
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Who is Bob ?:confused:
Nothing is Impossible for Willing Heart.
:bob:
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Code converters | Education Needed No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Code converters | Education Needed No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
@AmitGajjar wrote:
say in programming from last 30 years or more...
I started programming in 7th grade, so that would have been when I was 12 or so. In August, that'll be 40 years. Marc
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@AmitGajjar wrote:
say in programming from last 30 years or more...
I started programming in 7th grade, so that would have been when I was 12 or so. In August, that'll be 40 years. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
programming in 7th grade
But were you employed to do so?
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
Not me; my first programming job began in 1989 -- VAX BASIC on a MicroVAX 3600.
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Ron Beyer wrote:
Years of experience does not directly translate into skill
True, but then real software development, like many other walks of life, requires experience - as it's the only practical way to actually acquire the skills needed by the profession. So, while it's true that you can work in this profession and not really acquire more than a basic set of development skills - you cannot acquire a larger set of technological skills without getting your feet wet. Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years[^]
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Marc Clifton wrote:
programming in 7th grade
But were you employed to do so?
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
But were you employed to do so?
Well, in 8th grade I was taught how to program in the boot code for the PDP-11, which would crash frequently when the mag drive drew too much power. So, you could say I was "employed" for a very important task. ;) Marc
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
I started in 1965, almost 50 years ago, my how time flies when you are having fun. Dave.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
But were you employed to do so?
Well, in 8th grade I was taught how to program in the boot code for the PDP-11, which would crash frequently when the mag drive drew too much power. So, you could say I was "employed" for a very important task. ;) Marc
Does this[^] bring back memories? For me, the earliest I remember was the DG Nova 3[^] - I think I started the PDP 8[^] at university quite a few times when learning it's assembler, but I've managed to forget all about that. Them was the days! When the accumulator value was permanently shown - and changing - in LEDs on the front of the box! None of this wussy "rotating circles" to show it was busy, oh, no... :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
I don't think you've gotten very many good answers. I started programming in 1969, and I consider myself one of the young guys. ...I first got paid for programming about 1971 (not sure of the exact date, but I remember the occasion).
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo. - Harvey
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Does this[^] bring back memories? For me, the earliest I remember was the DG Nova 3[^] - I think I started the PDP 8[^] at university quite a few times when learning it's assembler, but I've managed to forget all about that. Them was the days! When the accumulator value was permanently shown - and changing - in LEDs on the front of the box! None of this wussy "rotating circles" to show it was busy, oh, no... :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam
OriginalGriff wrote:
Them was the days!
Indeed they were. Having been 15 right when computers became affordable to regular people, that was quite amazing. When I was 18, my gf's father was one of the folks who was figuring out what transistors were good for, back when he was in his early 20's. Crazy stuff. Marc
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Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]
Thanks -Amit Gajjar
I've been programming professionally for 30 years but I'm far from being the most senior, skilled or smart programmer you seem to be seeking out. /ravi
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