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That's us!

skrebbel 9y ago
Really cool. Can you tell us more about how that happened? How does an entire family somehow end up consisting of IT people and decide to start a software company together? :-) What's dinner conversation like? Do you have an office or does everybody live and work in the same house and never leave except for groceries and bowling?
- justintocci 9y ago
  I have nine children, homeschool them and they start programming around twelve depending on interest. I got fired because a new president wanted to hire his old it guy so my wife started a company. That was ten years ago. Lunch and dinner involve a lot of shop talk because when people get stuck it helps to discuss. We all have different strengths so we get requests for a 'consult' when we take a break too. We work in the livving room so phone calls can sometimes be funny. Kids being kids and getting shushed. We have all local clients at the moment and we find visiting them helps to stir up work so we get out a bit.
  - cookiecaper 9y ago
    >I have nine children, homeschool them and they start programming around twelve depending on interest. That is awesome! Have you written more about your experience somewhere online? I would love to strive for something similar when my kids are a little older (my oldest is currently 7) and I personally know several others who have similar hopes. Just seeing a real implementation of this oft-discussed prospect is very exciting! It's difficult to express the admiration I have for this. Raising a large family is no small undertaking, to say nothing of mentoring a guild of devs. Major heartfelt congratulations to you, your wife, and your family of code wizards.
    - justintocci 9y ago
      I haven't written more online, sorry. Happy to chat though especially if you have a parenting dilemma. You can reach me through our family website tocci.xyz We do have an idea for a YouTube channel where we film our attempts to fix up our house. Any interest in that? Thank you for your kind words.
  - da02 9y ago
    What was your path to IT and programming? Formal higher education and on-the-job learning?
    - justintocci 9y ago
      I bought a Tandy at thirteen (made the money washing dishes) and taught myself basic. Many years later i was working for a company addicted to Excel and moved them to MS Access and PostgreSQL. Within a year I was a full time programmer and have been ever since.
      - da02 9y ago
        Mostly self-taught? Any mentors?
Danihan 9y ago
Who programmed this?
- justintocci 9y ago
  Hard question. There have been five or six versions over the years and no two versions were the same team. Joe and Nunzio did a lot of C and some Javascript. Michael did the second C version with me and more of the javascript than anyone else. Cross has fixed a lot of issues in the last year.
napsterbr 9y ago
That's a whole new level of great parenting, congrats for the lovely family (and mustache!)

That's us!

Really cool. Can you tell us more about how that happened? How does an entire family somehow end up consisting of IT people and decide to start a software company together? :-) What's dinner conversation like? Do you have an office or does everybody live and work in the same house and never leave except for groceries and bowling?

justintocci 9y ago
I have nine children, homeschool them and they start programming around twelve depending on interest. I got fired because a new president wanted to hire his old it guy so my wife started a company. That was ten years ago. Lunch and dinner involve a lot of shop talk because when people get stuck it helps to discuss. We all have different strengths so we get requests for a 'consult' when we take a break too. We work in the livving room so phone calls can sometimes be funny. Kids being kids and getting shushed. We have all local clients at the moment and we find visiting them helps to stir up work so we get out a bit.
- cookiecaper 9y ago
  >I have nine children, homeschool them and they start programming around twelve depending on interest. That is awesome! Have you written more about your experience somewhere online? I would love to strive for something similar when my kids are a little older (my oldest is currently 7) and I personally know several others who have similar hopes. Just seeing a real implementation of this oft-discussed prospect is very exciting! It's difficult to express the admiration I have for this. Raising a large family is no small undertaking, to say nothing of mentoring a guild of devs. Major heartfelt congratulations to you, your wife, and your family of code wizards.
  - justintocci 9y ago
    I haven't written more online, sorry. Happy to chat though especially if you have a parenting dilemma. You can reach me through our family website tocci.xyz We do have an idea for a YouTube channel where we film our attempts to fix up our house. Any interest in that? Thank you for your kind words.
- da02 9y ago
  What was your path to IT and programming? Formal higher education and on-the-job learning?
  - justintocci 9y ago
    I bought a Tandy at thirteen (made the money washing dishes) and taught myself basic. Many years later i was working for a company addicted to Excel and moved them to MS Access and PostgreSQL. Within a year I was a full time programmer and have been ever since.
    - da02 9y ago
      Mostly self-taught? Any mentors?

Danihan 9y ago

Who programmed this?

justintocci 9y ago
Hard question. There have been five or six versions over the years and no two versions were the same team. Joe and Nunzio did a lot of C and some Javascript. Michael did the second C version with me and more of the javascript than anyone else. Cross has fixed a lot of issues in the last year.

napsterbr 9y ago

That's a whole new level of great parenting, congrats for the lovely family (and mustache!)