01-06-2018, 11:22 AM
(01-03-2018, 06:36 PM)forrealone Wrote: I started programming on punch cards back in the early 70's, designing financial systems and over the years designed, programmed and implemented a whole lotta systems for mom and pops to international corporations. I was good at it. Now, I don't know squat about anything computer related because it's been 14 years since (retired 2004) and you know how much things have changed since then.
I work/worked with a few people at my current company that were involved early on, like you were. Punchcards, knobs, waiting in line to test your program, etc. It's a much different world now, yes. For the book I wrote, I had to do some research on very early computer technology. Pre-digital, very rudimentary monitors; vacuum tubes and what not. That's before your time, I'm sure, but it was interesting to see how people went about things with this new tech they had.
I did nearly 20 years of front-end programming, but I'll be moving on into a slightly different area of UX design at the same company. I'm okay at OOP, but my bigger strengths are product development and figuring out the best way to please users.