>A part of me wishes I had been around at a time when assembly was an acceptable "language"... Probably not as glamorous as you're imagining. It took a long t

>A part of me wishes I had been around at a time when assembly was an acceptable "language"... Probably not as glamorous as you're imagining. It took a long time to get anything done, and most of that time was spent finding bugs. All the time a lot of people thought the real cool people where the ones before who had to program using wires and vacuum tubes. Best advice is, don't try to mimic those of the past, become a master of your own domain and change with the times.