I started in 1990 [1]. Learned COBOL, courtesy of the Marines. Then was side-tracked into a series of billets where I did micro-computer repair, LAN, dBase III. Never had a job, since, where the title was 'programmer' but I've programmed regardless: scripts, dbase, blah blah blah.
[1] I would have started six years earlier in high school. But a (probably) well-meaning guidance counselor convinced methat I needed trigonometry or something to even begin thinking about programming a computer. So I took the basic 'intro to programming' class offered in 1983 at my high school and dropped the whole business.
Pity - I really _liked_ messing around with those Apples.
[1] I would have started six years earlier in high school. But a (probably) well-meaning guidance counselor convinced methat I needed trigonometry or something to even begin thinking about programming a computer. So I took the basic 'intro to programming' class offered in 1983 at my high school and dropped the whole business.
Pity - I really _liked_ messing around with those Apples.