When I started writing code for a living i wanted nothing more than an office job. I basically wanted to be dilbert. I had to wear a tie, cut my hair, take out my earring and hide the tat's. I wrote COBOL for 3 years. My goal was to make as much money as I possibly. I worked all the time, weekends, nights, you name it. I lost touch with friends, I lost a girlfriend because of that. When my last contract was up a friend of mine offered me a job at his startup company. There I learned Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, and HTML. At this company I don't have the stress I had before. No more impossible deadlines, no more 72 hour code marathons. Now my only goal is to have fun, relax, and enjoy life.
The first computer game i ever played was Ultima. That got me hooked on computers. I had to fiqure out how it worked and how to do it myself. Over the years I played and won every Ultima game, including the Undergrounds and the Worlds. Thanks to Lord British I am a programmer. I guess I just wanted to say "Thanks Richard".
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When I started writing code for a living i wanted nothing more than an office job. I basically wanted to be dilbert. I had to wear a tie, cut my hair, take out my earring and hide the tat's. I wrote COBOL for 3 years. My goal was to make as much money as I possibly. I worked all the time, weekends, nights, you name it. I lost touch with friends, I lost a girlfriend because of that. When my last contract was up a friend of mine offered me a job at his startup company. There I learned Java, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, and HTML. At this company I don't have the stress I had before. No more impossible deadlines, no more 72 hour code marathons. Now my only goal is to have fun, relax, and enjoy life.
The first computer game i ever played was Ultima. That got me hooked on computers. I had to fiqure out how it worked and how to do it myself. Over the years I played and won every Ultima game, including the Undergrounds and the Worlds. Thanks to Lord British I am a programmer. I guess I just wanted to say "Thanks Richard".