I started in software dev in 1988; the only languages I knew were BASIC and Z80 assembly so, since everyone knew BASIC was kind of lame I naturally assumed I'd

I started in software dev in 1988; the only languages I knew were BASIC and Z80 assembly so, since everyone knew BASIC was kind of lame I naturally assumed I'd be a machine code programmer, albeit on slightly more exotic processors. Day one got handed a book on C -> mind blown.