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Side questions if anybody answers this. How did you get your first job industry? I imagine corporation weren’t like there are now and thought of code as black m
by newlikeice 8y ago
Side questions if anybody answers this. How did you get your first job industry? I imagine corporation weren’t like there are now and thought of code as black magic.
- nhebb 8y agoThis made me laugh. It wasn't the Dark Ages. They thought of code as code. I'm in my 50's, and I took my first programming class in high school in 1980. When I entered college a few years later, most of my engineering classmates had prior experience programming. It really wasn't considered anything mysterious or magical.
- ryandrake 8y agoLate ‘90s, and it was just as hard as today. Applied to dozens of companies as a Senior in undergrad. Similar 1 on 20 response rate as today. I remember the interview—typical “solve this trivial thing in a language of your choice.” Most college kids picked java. I picked x86 assembly and nailed it. In think that impressed someone.
- ghaff 8y agoHeh. The main shareware program I sold for a number of years was written in x86 assembler. The horror. The horror. :-) I was just reminded this afternoon when someone sent me a message on company chat asking if I was the person who wrote said program. When I code these days, I'll take Python.
- acutesoftware 8y agoWell, what was the program you wrote? We wont judge you
- ghaff 8y agoDirectory Freedom. DOS directory utility.
- james_s_tayler 8y agoI'd be impressed by that. Like who does that? Especially if it was these days. That'd be inspirational.
- elektro_nik 8y agoThat's awesome. Did you submit it in HEX? :)