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So while I learned to program BASIC at 10 or so on a Commodore PET, there were plenty of adults who were also learning BASIC for the first time in that same wav
by guyzero 6y ago
So while I learned to program BASIC at 10 or so on a Commodore PET, there were plenty of adults who were also learning BASIC for the first time in that same wave of early home computers. I had a friend whose dad (an optometrist) was very into programming their TI 99/4A. And I'm pretty sure my high school computer science teacher hadn't been programming a lot longer than I had (although he was a good teacher).
So in a lot of ways, learning programming as an adult is a tradition that is as old as home computers. You're never too old to learn something new.
- pmiller2 6y agoI learned to program on a TI 99/4A, and my high school “computer science” teacher was actually a math teacher who took some interest in computers. I wish I had been able to take a fuller CS curriculum in HS.
- guyzero 6y agoit was actually pretty shocking how good my high school CS program was - this was Ontario in the mid-80's. I learned boolean logic and basic CS theory as well as getting to work on a full-fledged UNIX system (QNX). I even figured out how to write my own login prompt emulator to phish for other people's logins. What more could you want?