I got into programming for all the hot chicks. :) Actually, I knew the future and it was all about information. I think that True Names and Neuromancer had the most effect on me when it came to this regard when I was younger. Everything was going to be about information and computers would be in the center of it all. I knew the 'world wide web' was coming and just had to coast a bit till I had access. As soon as I could, I 'obtained' a Unix account at Brooklyn College and never looked back. I never really programmed before that other than the standard that just about everyone did which was to 'hack' a certain poker program on their commodore 64/128. So I got into computers by choice but not specifically for programming, though its rather easy with the right skill set (math, logic, etc. )I majored in psychology but never finished my degree.
To this day I use computers to make money but programming isn't all that I do. I've done math for pay (multi-tier auction logic), archive digital comics (8 terebytes total at home and 2.5 filled), edit articles (few know this), publish, write, train, public speaking, research, and of course program and consult. It's all about information, its all about computers, it's just not 100% about programming. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:259533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
