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I benefited from the Apple IIe program in schools back in the early 80s. (Mentioned in the full article.) Still programming today, and have no idea what I'd be
by wgj 9y ago
I benefited from the Apple IIe program in schools back in the early 80s. (Mentioned in the full article.) Still programming today, and have no idea what I'd be doing now if not for that pivotal situation. It gave me the idea, the motivation and the confidence to pursue an engineering degree. Before that, I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school.
- cbdumas 9y agoI went to public school in the early 2000s and 'computer class' meant 'learn to use MS Office' when we weren't playing Oregon Trail of course. I was lucky enough to have parents that could afford to support my interest in programming at home from a young age because it certainly was not happening at school.
- khedoros1 9y agoIn the early 90s, we were still using some variety of Apple II. I was too young for programming, at the time. It was basically 45 minutes of Oregon Trail or Math Blasters per week. I found the QBASIC interpreter on the family computer around 1994 and begged a 70s-era BASIC book of code listings. I didn't get far without instruction, but when I had a chance at programming classes in my sophomore year of high school, I jumped on it. I knew that I wanted to do something with computers when I was 8 or 10 years old. The programming classes certainly helped to start demystifying computers for me, and gave me a boost of confidence, though.