From 'Hello World' to A.I. - A Gen X-er Programmer’s Journey Through the Golden Age of Tech"

#webdev #ai #programming #python

What's all about this "Nerd" stuff anyways. My interest in computer programming dates back to the early 1980s. I remember using MS-DOS to write my first program in BASIC.
I’m mentioning this because I find it fascinating that we have come from this:

5 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
10 END

to this:

// My First C++ Program

include

int main() {
std::cout << "Hello World!";
return 0;
}

to this:

print("Hello, World!")

So of course when I went to college and heard about HTML I had to learn more about it. You could use this language to put things on the Internet where everyone could see it? I said: 'Sign me up!'.

That passion for learning about computers and programming and creating webpages all those years ago helped me get to where I am today in my professional career. Without that introduction to BASIC I never would have been introduced to other programming languages like Python, Visual Basic, Perl, PHP, Ruby, C#, and Java.

What is something you learned when you were young that has stuck with you today and has helped with creating a career path?

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