Collecting my replies
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I'm in my mid 60's Bill. Learning a new programming language does get bit more difficult when you are older. According to a recent servey 5% of people that learn a programming language are 60 or older. I started learning to program soon after home computers were available and owned a TRS-80 that had the BASIC programming language. I'm now interested to know why you asked my age. Brian
I started programming in 1966 - I kid you not. I learned C in my late 30s, C++ in my late 40s, and C# in my 60s. I am still learning, and not just programming. Never give up. It seems @BillWoodruff may be a year or so older than me.
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I started programming in 1966 - I kid you not. I learned C in my late 30s, C++ in my late 40s, and C# in my 60s. I am still learning, and not just programming. Never give up. It seems @BillWoodruff may be a year or so older than me.
I arrived in California on January 1, 1966, with long hair, and a guitar :) Programming didn't happen for me until the mid 80's .... orbital re-entry from Tralfamadore took more than a decade. I suspect that, at 75, I am a bit more past my use-by date than Thee, but, I am unequivocally certain that you are wiser ! To me the ideal state is expressed in this quote from Dali:
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“Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?”
I would substitute "learn" for "accomplish."
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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I arrived in California on January 1, 1966, with long hair, and a guitar :) Programming didn't happen for me until the mid 80's .... orbital re-entry from Tralfamadore took more than a decade. I suspect that, at 75, I am a bit more past my use-by date than Thee, but, I am unequivocally certain that you are wiser ! To me the ideal state is expressed in this quote from Dali:
Quote:
“Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?”
I would substitute "learn" for "accomplish."
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
I never managed to grow long hair, or play the guitar well. So I turned my attention to important life skills such as smoking and drinking. Now as I approach my 74th (a couple of weeks hence) I try to spend more time learning useful stuff that I missed in my younger days. As to wisdom, thanks for the vote of confidence, but I know I am far from wise. We all (or most of us) contribute what we can here, and no one person's worth is greater than another's, apart of course, from @OriginalGriff, who knows everything there is to know. :)
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I never managed to grow long hair, or play the guitar well. So I turned my attention to important life skills such as smoking and drinking. Now as I approach my 74th (a couple of weeks hence) I try to spend more time learning useful stuff that I missed in my younger days. As to wisdom, thanks for the vote of confidence, but I know I am far from wise. We all (or most of us) contribute what we can here, and no one person's worth is greater than another's, apart of course, from @OriginalGriff, who knows everything there is to know. :)
The one thing I do know is that I know nothing.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm in my mid 60's Bill. Learning a new programming language does get bit more difficult when you are older. According to a recent servey 5% of people that learn a programming language are 60 or older. I started learning to program soon after home computers were available and owned a TRS-80 that had the BASIC programming language. I'm now interested to know why you asked my age. Brian
Just to continue the theme, I was 60 last February, so we could easily form an "Old Codegers" society in this forum ... :laugh:
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The one thing I do know is that I know nothing.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The one thing I do know is that I know nothing.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Of course, being both ne plus ultra, and, primo imter pares, you would have to say that :wtf: It is my pleasure to follow, best as I can, your deep footprints leading toward the shrine of Goddess Techne !
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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The one thing I do know is that I know nothing.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Of course, being both ne plus ultra, and, primo inter pares, you would have to say that :wtf: It is my pleasure to follow, best as I can, your deep footprints leading toward the shrine of Goddess Techne !
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Hi Bill. Good to meet an older programmer. Well my mind still feels young and keen to learn. How long have you been programming? Brian
Brian_TheLion wrote:
Good to meet an older programmer.
We are a large demographic in CP. I do not know what %age.
Brian_TheLion wrote:
Well my mind still feels young and keen to learn.
Ditto! I think that mental exercises like coding keeps the mind feeling young.
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Just to continue the theme, I was 60 last February, so we could easily form an "Old Codegers" society in this forum ... :laugh:
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I started programming in 1966 - I kid you not. I learned C in my late 30s, C++ in my late 40s, and C# in my 60s. I am still learning, and not just programming. Never give up. It seems @BillWoodruff may be a year or so older than me.
Interesting Richard. There would not be a lot around in 1966 to program on. It must have been a very large mainframe computers and maybe you used hole punch cards in those days. If your approx 70yrs old then you must have been started learning at about 17yrs old in 1966 and maybe learning C in 1988. I'm just starting to learn C# so I have a lot of catching up to do; but in knowing the basics of computers such as loops, logic etc helps. Brian
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I arrived in California on January 1, 1966, with long hair, and a guitar :) Programming didn't happen for me until the mid 80's .... orbital re-entry from Tralfamadore took more than a decade. I suspect that, at 75, I am a bit more past my use-by date than Thee, but, I am unequivocally certain that you are wiser ! To me the ideal state is expressed in this quote from Dali:
Quote:
“Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?”
I would substitute "learn" for "accomplish."
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
I didn't start programming until I brought a TRS-80 computer apart from usign programmable calculators around the early 1980's. My first introduction to assembly language was to write the letter 'A' in the middle of the screen. I had fun with disassemblers in finding out how computer programs worked and learn a few secrets of arcade games. There were some great games in those days and you had to be skillful to fit you game in a 16k memory space for you had a large market to sell your game. Typing in computer code from a computer magazine started to be a hobby of mine. Brian
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Interesting Richard. There would not be a lot around in 1966 to program on. It must have been a very large mainframe computers and maybe you used hole punch cards in those days. If your approx 70yrs old then you must have been started learning at about 17yrs old in 1966 and maybe learning C in 1988. I'm just starting to learn C# so I have a lot of catching up to do; but in knowing the basics of computers such as loops, logic etc helps. Brian
Yes, punched cards, paper tape, and programming by buttons on the front panel of the processor. I knew nothing about computers when I started my first job, but worked with a guy who taught me the basics. I only learned C# and .NET after I had retired, and there is still much I don't know about it.
