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  • B Brian Olej

    How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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    Martin Marvinski
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    brian1415 wrote: How old were you when... I first had s*x? 22. brian1415 wrote: first programming job 22 also. After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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    • T Tomasz Sowinski

      Are you suggesting you wouldn't get the job without sex? ;P Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

      - It's for protection
      - Protection from what? Zee Germans?

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      Martin Marvinski
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      Tomasz Sowinski wrote: Are you suggesting you wouldn't get the job without sex? No. I was just pointing out when my life turned around.:) After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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      • M Martin Marvinski

        Tomasz Sowinski wrote: Are you suggesting you wouldn't get the job without sex? No. I was just pointing out when my life turned around.:) After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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        Tomasz Sowinski
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        In 1899? ;P Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

        - It's for protection
        - Protection from what? Zee Germans?

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        • B Brian Olej

          How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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          Michael P Butler
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          16 years old - straight out of school into a C programming job. Michael :-) Errata 1: p. 154, section 'Defusing'. For 'red wire' read 'blue wire'.

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          • J Jeremy Falcon

            I was 4. Jeremy L. Falcon Homepage : Sonork = 100.16311
            xenophobic Xanthippe – xerophthalmic Xanadu Perseverance pushes past painful promenades - providing precious peace. Surely some striving souls survive symptomatic stress? Maybe my mangling might misguide malicious miscreants?

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            ColinDavies
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            Jeremy Falcon wrote: I was 4. I don't think the question was about emotional age. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

            Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

            More about me :-)

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            • B Brian Olej

              How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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              David Stone
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              14. Now I'm 15. Under a year actually. :) David Stone dstone@newcenturytitle.com
              MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

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              • B Brian Olej

                How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                Joshua Nussbaum
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                at 17 in 1999

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                • T Tomasz Sowinski

                  In 1899? ;P Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

                  - It's for protection
                  - Protection from what? Zee Germans?

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                  Martin Marvinski
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                  Tomasz Sowinski wrote: In 1899? :laugh: After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.

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                  • B Brian Olej

                    How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                    Alexandru Savescu
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                    I got my first job three days before I turned 20. Best regards, Alexandru Savescu

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                    • C ColinDavies

                      Jeremy Falcon wrote: I was 4. I don't think the question was about emotional age. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                      More about me :-)

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                      Simon Walton
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                      Colin Davies wrote: I don't think the question was about emotional age. Handbag alert! ;P Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024 Current Addiction : Colin Mcrae Rally 2.0

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                      • C ColinDavies

                        Jeremy Falcon wrote: I was 4. I don't think the question was about emotional age. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

                        Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                        More about me :-)

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                        Jeremy Falcon
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                        LOL I have to admit that one was good. Touché Colin! Jeremy L. Falcon Homepage : Sonork = 100.16311
                        xenophobic Xanthippe – xerophthalmic Xanadu Perseverance pushes past painful promenades - providing precious peace. Surely some striving souls survive symptomatic stress? Maybe my mangling might misguide malicious miscreants?

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                        • B Brian Olej

                          How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                          Mauricio Ritter
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                          brian1415 wrote: How is everyone doing? Thats good. I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship? I started programming basic when I was 9. My first real programming job came when I was 18. Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 Trank :beer: The alcohol is one of the greatest enemys of man, but a man who flee from his enemys is a coward. :beer:

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                          • B Brian Olej

                            How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                            David Wulff
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                            14m behind the bike shed at school. ** David looks up internship in his dictionary ** Oh heck. :-O ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.

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                            • B Brian Olej

                              How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                              Tom Archer
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                              20 for Holiday on Ice in Amsterdam Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Please remember to keep this for tax purposes.

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                              • B Brian Olej

                                How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                                Stephen Kellett
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                                1984. First programming job: 19 years old, whilst studying electronics, I wrote and sold my first computer game (for the C64, in assembly language). My first game I wrote for a bet, but it never got sold (it was a copy of a commerical game on the Spectrum, but the Managing Director of the company didn't like hippies and wouldn't buy it - even though the rest of his team wanted to buy it). The guy I had the bet with never gave me the £10, but did buy me some beer. 1987. First non self-employed job: 23 years old, 18 games later, I had an electronics degree, didn't want to cut my hair, wear a suit, or stop wearing goth clothes, so I went to work for a computer games company. I didn't have a job interview - I'd already written code for them and it was "when you finish your degree, if you don't want an ordinary job, we'll hire you", so I joined them. I'm 36 now, I haven't cut my hair since May 1990, and although I like goth music, I don't dress exclusively in black or wear pointy boots. I no longer code exclusively in assembly, although if assembly is required, I am the guy that does it :-) Stephen Kellett -- Memory Validator. Faster Leak Detection, Better Analysis. http://www.softwareverify.com http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk

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                                • B Brian Olej

                                  How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                                  Christian Skovdal Andersen
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                                  0x17 Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...

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                                  • B Brian Olej

                                    How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                                    Matt Gullett
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                                    I was 16.

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                                    • B Brian Olej

                                      How is everyone doing? Thats good:). I was just wondering, how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship?

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                                      Nish Nishant
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                                      brian1415 wrote: how old were most of you when you got your first programming job/internship? 22 Nish


                                      Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.

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                                      • D David Wulff

                                        14m behind the bike shed at school. ** David looks up internship in his dictionary ** Oh heck. :-O ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.

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                                        Nish Nishant
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                                        David Wulff wrote: 14m behind the bike shed at school. ** David looks up internship in his dictionary ** Oh heck. ROTFLMAO Nish


                                        Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.

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                                        • C Christian Skovdal Andersen

                                          0x17 Christian Skovdal Andersen Don't mention the war...

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                                          Nish Nishant
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                                          Christian Skovdal Andersen wrote: 0x17 That's one way to make it sound smaller :-) Nish


                                          Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.

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