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I was 13, I had a computer with BASIC, a printer, and a manual for the printer that described all sorts of neat things it could do. So I wrote a program that se
by h2odragon 3y ago
I was 13, I had a computer with BASIC, a printer, and a manual for the printer that described all sorts of neat things it could do. So I wrote a program that sent codes to the printer to demonstrate some of those things.
Showed it to someone who had a use for it and was willing to pay me for it; and that was the experience that opened my eyes to the fact that I could find an excuse to play with computers even more.
I wanted to fully comprehend computing from the plug to the outputs. I can't say that I've got there completely yet, but it's been a great deal of fun so far. Doesn't look like I'll run out of new thing to learn anytime soon, either.
- newbei 3y agoWow. So, you choose to get a degree in computers or something like that?
- h2odragon 3y agoactually i dropped out of high school a bit later and became full time sysadmin / programmer. destroyed my health working insane schedules and work loads for nonprofits, wound up in debt and disabled. Left that to start a family and been hobbyist since. I still can't seriously contemplate the though of being responsible for someone else's systems without physical pain. But I can write software that does things I want, and share that to others for any use they can make of it, without worrying about it.
- newbei 3y agoThat was a really brave decision!