I knew someone would eventually try to build Matthew Sobol's house. The question is, will this datacenter mansion be guarded by an AutoM8 and sprinkler system that sprays accelerant?
My technological prowess began in the Apple IIe days at my elementary school. I'm sure everyone can remember the days of "gym", "music", and "computer room". I spent many hours on my school's Apple IIe's before my parents bought me my first computer in 3rd grade (circa 1991).
My first PC was a KLH 386SX 16Mhz with 4MB of RAM and a 40MB HD. It ran DR-DOS 5.0 and PC-GEOS, Digital Research's attempt at a GUI. I eventually convinced my parents to purchase me a copy of MS-DOS 6.22, and had my first experience formatting a hard drive. A friend from school lended me his Windows 3.1 diskettes (amazing to think that a MS operating system fit on 6 3.5" floppies...).
I learned BASIC by messing with QBasic and later VB when I got my second PC some years later. I began working with C/C++ when I came across a copy of Visual C++ about the time of 7th grade, and from there my programming knowledge expanded significantly. A combination of self-teaching as well as in-class work in high school gave me a working skill-set of Assembler, BASIC, C/C++, and Java when I began college, as well as coding experience with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
My best advice is to diversify - programming is the same fundamentals, regardless of the language. Be open to learning new things and new methods of achieving goals. Do not be afraid to break out of your comfort zone - you may be surprised what you'll learn!
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I knew someone would eventually try to build Matthew Sobol's house. The question is, will this datacenter mansion be guarded by an AutoM8 and sprinkler system that sprays accelerant?
...that it must be a slow news day.
"And Australia's all down there like 'WTF?'"
Seriously though, whats with the pink???
"The goggles! Zey do nussing!"
My technological prowess began in the Apple IIe days at my elementary school. I'm sure everyone can remember the days of "gym", "music", and "computer room". I spent many hours on my school's Apple IIe's before my parents bought me my first computer in 3rd grade (circa 1991).
My first PC was a KLH 386SX 16Mhz with 4MB of RAM and a 40MB HD. It ran DR-DOS 5.0 and PC-GEOS, Digital Research's attempt at a GUI. I eventually convinced my parents to purchase me a copy of MS-DOS 6.22, and had my first experience formatting a hard drive. A friend from school lended me his Windows 3.1 diskettes (amazing to think that a MS operating system fit on 6 3.5" floppies...).
I learned BASIC by messing with QBasic and later VB when I got my second PC some years later. I began working with C/C++ when I came across a copy of Visual C++ about the time of 7th grade, and from there my programming knowledge expanded significantly. A combination of self-teaching as well as in-class work in high school gave me a working skill-set of Assembler, BASIC, C/C++, and Java when I began college, as well as coding experience with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
My best advice is to diversify - programming is the same fundamentals, regardless of the language. Be open to learning new things and new methods of achieving goals. Do not be afraid to break out of your comfort zone - you may be surprised what you'll learn!
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