I'm about to become 19 I started programming, about a year ago.
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I'm about to become 19 I started programming, about a year ago.
I'm 18, I started programming about 1 year and 3 months ago
I started logowriter in 3rd grade, not seriously though, learned a little more in 4th, and by 5th grade we had functions, loops, if statements, the whole nine yards. The only thing that I'm not sure if we did was input. Well maybe we did, it's been a while.
And yes I still contend that Logowriter is a language!!!! And for those of you who don't think so, I started Basic in 4th, and Pascal in 8th.
learned perl when i was 15 ::shivers::
pretty much said screw that and went on to learn c++, now im much happier
i was 16 in 10th grade when i started c++ and started pascal at 17.
Started on C at 15, left it for C++, just got an assembly book. :->
Taken up a course in C++, as in Kent, UK, not many schools do courses purely on programming. I don't count VB as true programming. As it can't be used outside of Excel.
I'm 16 and I started programming last year.
My mom picked up a hunk of junk when I was in 1st or 2nd grade that I toyed around with basic on. then I started ti83 in August and c++ in november
I might as well call myself 17, my bday is the 31st
I'm 18, and I started programming about two years ago.
16.. sort of started when i was.. 12? maybe 13... but i didn't get serious about it til i was 14 and a half, or something. and just started c++ earlier this year.
Started C++ like a month ago. I spent about a year wandering through the procedural side of C++ thinking I knew "C++". Make sense?
I am 19 now.. i started out when i was 10 years old... LOGO and BASIC (at school..) later learned Pascal and now i am comfortable ith C,C++ , JAVA, ASP,VB,HTML,Java Script, Oracle..
I'm 18 now, started programming when I was 4, doing BASIC on the Atari 65XE w/ tape recorder (Yes, one of THOSE :p). Back then, a 512KB SIMM cost nearly £200! Learnt VB when I was 10. After finally getting to grips with it, I was disgusted by its rampant difficulty in dealing with the Windows API and started dabbling in C (In DOS, initially, didn't have any win32 libraries).
Virtually stopped programming completely when I was 13, as it was messing with my head and my grades in school were fubar. Two years later I was happily reunited and amazed at how much better I understood what I was writing by simply taking a step back and analysing how it ticks.
It's one relationship in my life that's still going strong :D
45. Began programming in 1977.
I started with Basic when I was 9. I'm turning 16 on the 31st.
30 on December 15th. I've been programming since June 2001.
hmmmm, I decided to get into Computer Science last year, with only the knowledge of html and turing, which is about nothing. So I started when I was 19.
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Wow, people below 13, I think we should keep the R rated stuff off these boards, j/k.
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I've decided that when/if I have kids, I'm gonna try to teach them how to program in C++ as they grow up (if the language is still the best, that is :)). Home-grown Carmack!
Seriously though -- if you think about it, people who grow up learning a spoken/written language have a better understanding of it in their earlier years in life than many people have after studying the language for a longer period of time. I'm sure teaching them programming would be just as beneficial and it would introduce them to simple concepts in math like variables and functions that they'd be encountering later on. It would help them think creatively and figure out how to tackle situations.
I dunno, maybe that's just me, but I think it'd be cool. I wish my dad taught me C as I grew up :(
29, started with Pascal in high school!
15, started programming (in C++) when I was almost 14, stopped after about 2 weeks becuase I found it boring, 2 months later I found a practical use for programming and I have been on fire since then. Pretty good with the Win API, but I have slowed down recently, but I plan on learning something else pretty soon (probably get into .NET heaps)
started w/C++ about a year ago (dec 2001) then started C because of school in Aug 2002, and lol..next semester doing C++. i want to start doing some winAPI and Direct X stuff....i wanna do game programming, and wanna get into the graphics :D :D :D
Right on! My birthday is also in December and I've been programming in C since June 2001! Btw, I'll be 20 on the 29th. I first started with Javascript about 4 years ago.Quote:
Originally posted by Sebastiani
30 on December 15th. I've been programming since June 2001.
I think you're right, I'm going to teach my young brother programming in BASIC, to give him the basic concepts of programming, then we should switch to C++.Quote:
Originally posted by Polymorphic OOP
I've decided that when/if I have kids, I'm gonna try to teach them how to program in C++ as they grow up (if the language is still the best, that is :)). Home-grown Carmack!
I could program in basic (on a BBC microcomputer) at about 9, and started in c about 2 years ago, just after learning Pascal.
I am now 24!
That's interresting, most of the users ar <18 years.
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Originally posted by Polymorphic OOP
I've decided that when/if I have kids, I'm gonna try to teach them how to program in C++ as they grow up (if the language is still the best, that is :)). Home-grown Carmack!
Seriously though -- if you think about it, people who grow up learning a spoken/written language have a better understanding of it in their earlier years in life than many people have after studying the language for a longer period of time. I'm sure teaching them programming would be just as beneficial and it would introduce them to simple concepts in math like variables and functions that they'd be encountering later on. It would help them think creatively and figure out how to tackle situations.
I dunno, maybe that's just me, but I think it'd be cool. I wish my dad taught me C as I grew up :(
Not to tell you how to raise your kids, but if you do this, you're not going to have very happy children.
My father pratically raised me to be a business man. I even remember once in 8th grade how I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. All he did was put down my hopes of becoming a lawyer, and told me to become a business man.
Although I'm not going to go into details of everything, now that I'm older, I really don't appreciate that he did this to me.
Terrancee,
Ofcourse should force his children to become something, but teaching them programming doesn't mean that they should be programmers.
I'm 20 (almost 21) started programming when I was 14
I'm 16
I think I have been doing C++ for about a year, but I am kicking myself because I had the chance to start BASIC when I was like 9 years old (a thing in school). if i had started basic then, i would've started C++ at like 10 or 11 and that would've been cool.
If I had started then I would be really good now.
poly, your whole bit about teaching your kids C++ is right in sync with what i was thinking. I'll be like "go program for a day or go to your room with no supper dammit!"
EDIT:
You guys are probably going to get sick of me saying things like this, but I think it is important not to compare ourselves to eachother too much. Doing that a little bit, even being a bit competitive can be very good. On the other hand this type of post used to make me feel very anxious about my skill and I fear it may do the same to others. Yeah. We should just be a big happy programming family!
... Yes, then your kid will grow up to hate programming.
I don't think it's going to make you happy to force them to pursue something they don't really want.
*tears well up in eyes*Quote:
Yes, then your kid will grow up to hate programming.
h-h-h-h-hate programming? :(
SATAN!
*jumps out window*
Shadow12345,
This post is not to compare ourselfs to others, but I wanted know how old were you when you first started programming?
Eibro,
I mean that you should give him the opportunity to learn( inroducing him to programming) so that if likes it, he can start early.
shadow: echo ammar - I think the purpose of this was just to get an idea of how much experience is here.
I'm 21 - I started programming in Pascal when I was 15, did some VB when I was 16, and since I've been in college I've been focusing more on embedded programs than apps for most people. We've been taking classes in 68HC11 and 68332 ASM, C for the 68HC11, plus Java and UNIX C.
I'm 15, started seriously programing in September of 2001 (not in school, it just happens that I started in Spetember). I learnt HTML when I was like 9, and did some logo in 3rd grade, but I don't count HTML, and the logo never lead anywhere (because I couldn't get the program at home) so I don't count them.
I am 18 .Started programming in C4 months ago and still programming in C , learnd a bit of Assembly, C++ and java(BTW java sucks*yuck*) too.I am interested in Socket programming.
Well I realize this wasn't meant for this post to have people compare themselves, but it's not like you frequently see posts saying "Who has the most programming skills? Lets get into petty fights arguing over who is the uber programmer!"
I was just saying i don't want anyone saying stuff like "Oh I started programming the day I was born and I learned C++ in 21 minutes and i'm the best one here"
It was meant as a harmless post, honest! :)
I'm just waiting for Salem to post here. :D
wow, I didn't realize how many people there are on here who are under 18. I'm 18, and I started programming about 4 months ago. Unless you consider html a programming language, which most (including me) don't, then it was 4 years ago.
I didn't mean like "OMG program or die"
Just once a week maybe explain something to him about programming -- sorta like music lessons. Not all people who grow up taking piano lessons hate piano when they're older, and if they do, they still learned a lot from it.
Programming isn't as different from that as people like to believe. It's creative and makes you think, just like art or music or writing.
31
started coding 1980ish
Shadow12345, you wouldn't punish your kids with programming, you'd reward them with programming lessons ;)
I like that:DQuote:
Originally posted by face_master
Shadow12345, you wouldn't punish your kids with programming, you'd reward them with programming lessons ;)
By the way, I think that it's not always, that the people who learned programming early are the best programmers, even if leared programming for a bout a year or two, you one can achive a very good level in programming.Quote:
Originally posted by Shadow12345
Well I realize this wasn't meant for this post to have people compare themselves, but it's not like you frequently see posts saying "Who has the most programming skills? Lets get into petty fights arguing over who is the uber programmer!"
I was just saying i don't want anyone saying stuff like "Oh I started programming the day I was born and I learned C++ in 21 minutes and i'm the best one here"
It was meant as a harmless post, honest! :)
Exactly. "ooohh I learnt BASIC when I was 12, it felt so cool making expert code like this:"Code:PRINT "Heres the numbers 1 to 10!"
counter = 0
WHILE counter < 10
PRINT counter
WEND
I'm 16 i started learning programming when i was ten.
That's 0 through 9 :pQuote:
Originally posted by face_master
Exactly. "ooohh I learnt BASIC when I was 12, it felt so cool making expert code like this:"Code:PRINT "Heres the numbers 1 to 10!"
counter = 0
WHILE counter < 10
PRINT counter
WEND
ROTFLMAO
oh man...open mouth, insert foot
Which would be expainable by the fact that I picked up BASIC at school this year while getting in trouble for having C++ compilers...Quote:
Originally posted by Polymorphic OOP
That's 0 through 9 :p
I am 23 and I learned programming when I was 21 (C++ and Java).
older and before j00. hehe.
>45. Began programming in 1977.
and people still argue with you don't they!!
edit: can't imagine having to program those old computers(if you could really call them that)... yehk.
If I can't force the kids into programming then I'll make the wife do it.
I learned electronics, radios and radars in the Navy. Just software in hardware form, really. Worked through the transition from tube to TTL. Later, I went on to missile silos in Chico in the mid 50's. Got my EE and hired into RCA after that and later Intel (I learned processors and assembly at this time), Worked at DEC for a period (still assembler (macrel)) then ended up moving and changing jobs to electric utilities in their infrared and substation sections. Advanced into Nuclear Energy, developing robotics applications for fuel handling and reactor core operations.
On the side, when micros first became available, I picked up BASIC and learned more assembly for various processors and microcontrollers. Did lots of breadboarding and robotics design/development. I got into Pascal during my stint in the O/S group at Apple, but never liked Pascal (I hated the "begin" and "end" statements all over the place). I moved on to C/C++ and have never left, althought I still keep my hand in assembler.
I've learned many web-based languages, but they are not "real" in the sense of a development language. Mostly they are lightweight scripting tools (Java, HTML, etc.).
I got my hand into UNIX and enjoy PERL and CGI. I then worked in Telecom, primarily using the UNIX environment, C, and TL1.
Now I'm retired, consulting, old and gray.
Since 1991. I'm 21.
C/C++ are the best, but others have their uses.
I have a decent grip on this stuff.
Now THAT is what I call a CV!! Respect to you my friend!!Quote:
I learned electronics, radios and radars in the Navy. Just software in hardware form, really. Worked through the transition from tube to TTL. Later, I went on to missile silos in Chico in the mid 50's. Got my EE and hired into RCA after that and later Intel (I learned processors and assembly at this time), Worked at DEC for a period (still assembler (macrel)) then ended up moving and changing jobs to electric utilities in their infrared and substation sections. Advanced into Nuclear Energy, developing robotics applications for fuel handling and reactor core operations.
On the side, when micros first became available, I picked up BASIC and learned more assembly for various processors and microcontrollers. Did lots of breadboarding and robotics design/development. I got into Pascal during my stint in the O/S group at Apple, but never liked Pascal (I hated the "begin" and "end" statements all over the place). I moved on to C/C++ and have never left, althought I still keep my hand in assembler.
I've learned many web-based languages, but they are not "real" in the sense of a development language. Mostly they are lightweight scripting tools (Java, HTML, etc.).
I got my hand into UNIX and enjoy PERL and CGI. I then worked in Telecom, primarily using the UNIX environment, C, and TL1.
Now I'm retired, consulting, old and gray.
I am 22 and am doing my masters in systems engineering. I first found out what a programming language was when I started uni at 19. I have only had 2 modules of C++ and one of asm in my degree taking me up to the point of linked lists and I have learnt some WinAPI in my spare time. Unfortunately I don't get to code nearly as often as I would like. Programming is only about 5% of my degree which includes many things from 3-phase electrical systems to gas turbines.
When I was 2 and a half years old, I completely recoded Union Pacific's payroll system and removed all the glitches. When I was 5, I had managed to break all pentagon encryptions; but I'm still not gonna tell you who the second gunman on the grassy knoll was, because you are all too dumb to figure it out yourself. When I was 5 and a half, i had successfully written a program called Linux, but that hoebag Linux Torvolds stole my sourcecode and stuffed me into a trashcan, so he got all the credit for it.
I have started Programming With Basic just due to my own interest almost 2 years before and started learning C programming seriously almost A year ago.. and On 8th january I will be of 20...
I was 7 when I first started with BASIC, now I'm 15 and three-quarters (hey - aren't I entitled to still have some little kid left in me?)
I'm 15 and I just started programming the problem is my school only owns one computer which the students are not even aloud to touch, I built my own computer about a half a year ago and that makes me the computer geek of the school.
I'm 17 (18 in 4 months yay!) an I started programming about 2 years ago on the Cybico (anyone remember those things?). They had a program called CyBasic and I tought myself in my study hall, English, and math classes (my teachers thought it was a calculator :P ). Then I moved on to C++ about a year ago, then Java about 4 months ago.
//napKIN
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I'm 16 and a high school senior. Last year during my pre-calculus class, I would get bored constantly. That was the first math class that used graphing calculators. I began learning how to program a TI-82 by looking at a few programs in the back of my math book and the manual for the calculator.
My first program was called the Doubler. It prompted for a number, doubled it, and then printed the number. Gee, was I proud of that the first time I ran it. From there, I continued programming on a TI-83 and TI-83+. I've written some rather useful programs for use in my pre-calc and AP calc classes. I even wrote a game or two.
I (naturally) had a lot of fun programming. Come time to sign up for classes for my senior year, I noticed that there was a computer progamming class that didn't require prerequisites. I decided to take it since it was an honors level course and I had the room on my schedule although I didn't even know what C++ was at that time.
Now, I'm having a blast learning C++. I'm considering majoring in Computer Science.
:D Excellent. :DQuote:
Originally posted by Scourfish
When I was 2 and a half years old, I completely recoded Union Pacific's payroll system and removed all the glitches. When I was 5, I had managed to break all pentagon encryptions; but I'm still not gonna tell you who the second gunman on the grassy knoll was, because you are all too dumb to figure it out yourself. When I was 5 and a half, i had successfully written a program called Linux, but that hoebag Linux Torvolds stole my sourcecode and stuffed me into a trashcan, so he got all the credit for it.
>>linux torvalds stole it from me
wow, what a story :)
but uh...how did linuS get it then??
lol
sorry, i could't resist
but that's nothing, i've heard of people who can access their computers files through the windows registry, while not even being online! :P