Yeah I think the jump from DOS to Windows, procedural to event-driven, lite framework to rich framework, and barely-C++ to very-C++ was just too much for me to

Yeah I think the jump from DOS to Windows, procedural to event-driven, lite framework to rich framework, and barely-C++ to very-C++ was just too much for me to tackle at the same time. Truthfully I first dipped my toes into Windows development using Visual Basic, then jumped to MSVC++ & MFC after I quickly outgrew VB. Having smart colleagues [hi Keith!] and great MFC books [hi Mike Blaszczak!] around certainly made it easier.