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Let me recall how I learned back then because it's an interesting contrast. Magazine subscriptions (like Byte). Books from the library. Word of mouth (friends,
by djmips 4y ago
Let me recall how I learned back then because it's an interesting contrast. Magazine subscriptions (like Byte). Books from the library. Word of mouth (friends, computer stores). Television - there were a few like Bits and Bytes and The Computer Chronicles. And just hands on. A computer club if you were lucky!
- nebula8804 4y agoYou were very lucky! All I had was trial and error and the occasional help from my dad. I never did learn to code until High School but when it came to troubleshooting and "IT" related stuff? Thats what I ended up becoming good at. That just required trial and error. Coding would have required me to figure out how to install a compiler. Later on we got TechTv but I think we had internet by then. Not really useful as I recall relying on my collection of webrings instead of search.