This experience was a double edged sword because every time I wanted to do anything, I had to type hundreds of lines of code but I enjoyed it. I loved making something do something. It just sucked if the power or the plug was pulled. You had to start over.
When I was 13 or so, friends of my dad had asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. My response was a computer programmer. My father almost beat that thought out of me. He said I would never make any money as a typist.
I went about 6 years without even looking at a computer. When I was 19, I went to work at a warehouse store lugging in the electronics department. It was my job to setup the electronics for display and my love for the computer came streaming back. Just before I quit, I had swiped a 386 laptop. I haven't been without a PC since.
I just wish I never listened to my father on that piece of advice. That could have been me in that big chair in Redmond. Thanks Dad
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Why can't they put in a larger keyboard into these massive portables? Look at all that wasted space on either side of the keyboard.
This experience was a double edged sword because every time I wanted to do anything, I had to type hundreds of lines of code but I enjoyed it. I loved making something do something. It just sucked if the power or the plug was pulled. You had to start over. When I was 13 or so, friends of my dad had asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. My response was a computer programmer. My father almost beat that thought out of me. He said I would never make any money as a typist. I went about 6 years without even looking at a computer. When I was 19, I went to work at a warehouse store lugging in the electronics department. It was my job to setup the electronics for display and my love for the computer came streaming back. Just before I quit, I had swiped a 386 laptop. I haven't been without a PC since. I just wish I never listened to my father on that piece of advice. That could have been me in that big chair in Redmond. Thanks Dad