My Father was in it from the very start (UNIVAC, ENIAC days). We always had computers in the house. There's a Leading Edge Model D 8088 floating around the family that may still be working. He was integral in modernizing the US Postal Service in the early 70's and taught Assembler Language at Northern Virginia Community College in the late 60's.
(wow.... I feel like I'm writing his eulogy) He retired in 1985 as the head of Computer Security for the Department of Commerce. I learned ColdFusion and SQL on my own.... I still need to go back and get an actual degree at some point. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Why did you get into computers? (was: churvii: a study in brainiacs) I spun this off into a new thread because it got me thinking........why did everyone here get into programming? Was it by choice? Did it just happen that way? Did you major in CS in college? Was it to make money? For me personally, I wanted a job that had 3 primary characteristics: 1) Made good money 2) Would be in demand for the foreseeable future and 3) Would allow me to work with minimal contact with other people I'm not a misanthrope, but I do really enjoy just shrinking into my own world sometimes and pounding out code without having to interact with a bunch of people to get stuff done. So.......how did everyone else get into this business? On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Adam Churvis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only one correction: David is the one who is off the charts. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:09 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: churvii: a study in brainiacs > > > > so, david is highly intelligent, adam, well, you are off the charts... > > > > id like to know... how is your office setup? > > > > i see a bunch of churvii in one room, laughing at each other > > coding, responding to lists, laughing at each others posts, etc... > > > > am i way off? > > > > -- > > 'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty > > seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner' > > > > robert deniro - heat (1995) > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
