I've worked on a few noteworthy titles that people probably have heard of: Oregon Trail, Expression Blend, Visual Studio, Internet Explorer, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.
I've had lots of brushes-with-fame with noteworthy developers who I've worked at the same company, and pestered in chat and email: Herb Sutter, Raymond Chen, Scott Meyers, Alexander Stepanov, Sean Parent, Gabriel Dos Reis, Arlo Belshee, Mads Torgersen, Anders Hejlsberg, Dave Abrahams.
I've been very fortunate. I have a career doing what I enjoy doing. And I've been able to do it all without moving out of my home state, Minnesota.
And I've been able to seriously program on a wide variety of platforms, in a wide variety of programming languages. (Where seriously means I was getting paid for it, and not just toy programs for fun in a programming language I was fooling around with.)
Visual Studio Code was made by a separate team, as a separate project. Unrelated to Visual Studio. I presume the marketing folks made the decision to prefix Code with "Visual Studio", but I'm not in marketing, so maybe they had good reasons.
As I understand it (and I may be mistaken), the Visual Studio Code team was under Erich Gamma (of "the gang of four" Design Patterns fame).
I have no insider information. I presume Visual Studio Code fits into a vision of the future where compiling and projects are all managed "in the cloud". With projects in Microsoft CodePlexGitHub, and those projects ALM and cloud compiling using Azure DevOps Server (fka Visual Studio Online, fka Visual Studio Team Services).
These days, I'm working at Adobe on Photoshop. May sound sappy, but I'm on a great team, with great management, and a very successful product. I'm most fortunate.
I am yatachi and full stack developer. I set up my startup and I work as a freelancer. passionate, I am a lot in laravel and vue.js. for some projects I don't hesitate to use react and node.js.
Started with python...did nothing but waste time on tutorials.
Second year I joined a 1yr long bootcamp to learn web development HTML, CSS & JS along with the mern stack. I graduated having done 1 project called "think tank united" some website that allowed strangers to participate in a meeting n talk about world problems n come up with a solution in one hour.
Third & fourth year I gave up on my self.. no self respect, low standards n just a complete hatred for the job search process. I settled to learn the finnish language using courses at home and practice driving courses.
5th year I caught myself trying out new web dev tools, design tools, productivity apps and no code. I challenged myself to learn different languages and really get into it...
Still haven't found a job...
But I got into some school named hive.
Here's my plan.
Learn a low level language C.
Learn how to work with databases.
Establish some online presence, blogs, ux / ui design posts, record myself doing online challenges
Improve my linkedIN n Try freelance.
My domain of focus is going to be web dev
Feel free to leave any advice. Im 24 n feeling like I'm lost
I most certainly focused on the wrong things.
I dont blame that only for why my life sucks.
Today, I've come to love building things and not relying on tutorials(they hold your hand and don't force you to research, plan, design, document or test anything your problem solving mind ideates). It's a completely different game compared to when I started. Today I have friends that I try to join on a zoom call n do small challenges together. 😅..man..if only I had done abit of brainstorming and learned better...I'd be very far by now 😭
I taught myself HTML & CSS when I was 12 years old to build better pages than the ones that were possible with beepworld - I think only milennials will remember this awful site. I know it sounds like a weird old lady comment but it's absolutely true: The internet was very different at this time and I loved it!
I read a textbook for web designers and learned with w3schools and a site with a lot of knowledge about CSS but unfortunately I forgot the name of it. After some reading I mainly learned by doing and testing things and would do it again like that (and skip the book that's outdated in this minute you saved the draft of course). :)
20+ year IT systems admin who recently (fall 2020) switched to a developer role. It's been an interesting ride over the last year and a half or so. Enjoying it overall.
About 1.5 years professionally with a large gap from COBOL, PASCAL, SPSS, and BASIC in high school. Switched from system administration to C# development at 47. It's been an "interesting" ride so far, but enjoying it.
Hmm, started writing programs in February 1981.
Started writing program and run them on a computer a couple of months later.
Then I learned that there were different dialects of BASIC and Pet BASIC did not have all the features of ABC80 BASIC.
HTML and CSS are not programming languages. And most programmers will agree with me. I begun building websites in 2006 and a couple of years after I started playing around with C++ and PHP (gaming and web dev). I then studied Java at the university for one year, which allowed me to play around with it for some time. I never enjoyed any of those languages as much as I have enjoyed JS. My journey hasn't been linear. I would say hands on programming I have about ~ 7 years.
Thank you Nnaji. People love to talk about themselves hahah. This post is the proof of that.
For all developers who consider themselves new in this world I say that if you really like it, don't feel intimidated by the experience of others. You can become a good programmer faster than you might think. The old days, were very difficult because we didn't have access to all the knowledge and tutorials that are now everywhere.
If you're like me, the chief pleasure in programming isn't learning new languages or the latest technology. Real satisfaction comes when you're able to stay in the zone for an extended period (days or weeks at a time) and make steady progress with a creative solution to a novel problem.
So my advice to others pursuing this career is quite different from what those who are younger than me have to say: to avoid burnout, stay one step behind the bleeding edge; master one thing and use it to its fullest. Then move on.
I credit my enjoyment of JavaScript to my early years mastering Fortran, COBOL, Visual Basic, C++ and PHP. Each in turn made me stronger.
My first paid gig was the summer of 1977. To all those just starting out, you've got a fun ride ahead of you.
TZ: GMT+1 • Full-Stack, DevOps, SecOps and discord bot developer • Ethical Hacker • Translator for GearBot, Minecraft, Crowdin and PreMiD •
I like to fix bugs and add some new bugs!
TZ: GMT+1 • Full-Stack, DevOps, SecOps and discord bot developer • Ethical Hacker • Translator for GearBot, Minecraft, Crowdin and PreMiD •
I like to fix bugs and add some new bugs!
TZ: GMT+1 • Full-Stack, DevOps, SecOps and discord bot developer • Ethical Hacker • Translator for GearBot, Minecraft, Crowdin and PreMiD •
I like to fix bugs and add some new bugs!
4 years in the software game. Slow growth over time but the years have been so worth it. Now I'm accelerating my hobbies as the start of a career as a Full stack react dev 🤓.
Some advice: don’t get stuck in a rut (a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out). Always look for new, innovative ways to do things. Many times we are tempted to just use the same old techniques and aren’t open to the new. That begins to become stale and less productive. Also, no language is the best for everything. Always use the right tool for the right job. These are things I wish I knew when I started.
I feel pretty comfortable with the basics and I'm making sure I truly understand something before moving on. Now, I'm learning Data Structures and Algorithms and creating apps with Next.js
I'm a coder who has worn a lot of hats, from individual contributor to lead engineer to "CTO" (yes, in quotes, make of that what you will!). I've a lot to learn and hopefully some to share as well.
I'm a coder who has worn a lot of hats, from individual contributor to lead engineer to "CTO" (yes, in quotes, make of that what you will!). I've a lot to learn and hopefully some to share as well.
Am a software developer with 4+ years of experience in Javascript, Typescript, ReactJs, NextJs, NodeJs, ExpressJs, Firebase, etc. Am the founder of melbite - Home of creators
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I am yatachi and full stack developer. I set up my startup and I work as a freelancer. passionate, I am a lot in laravel and vue.js. for some projects I don't hesitate to use react and node.js.
Hardique is a dynamic Frontend/UI Developer with 4 years of experience creating streamlined and intuitive controls through programming and design to support engagements with customers.
Since 1976, so 46 years.
I've worked on a few noteworthy titles that people probably have heard of: Oregon Trail, Expression Blend, Visual Studio, Internet Explorer, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.
I've had lots of brushes-with-fame with noteworthy developers who I've worked at the same company, and pestered in chat and email: Herb Sutter, Raymond Chen, Scott Meyers, Alexander Stepanov, Sean Parent, Gabriel Dos Reis, Arlo Belshee, Mads Torgersen, Anders Hejlsberg, Dave Abrahams.
I've been very fortunate. I have a career doing what I enjoy doing. And I've been able to do it all without moving out of my home state, Minnesota.
And I've been able to seriously program on a wide variety of platforms, in a wide variety of programming languages. (Where seriously means I was getting paid for it, and not just toy programs for fun in a programming language I was fooling around with.)
Cool. I hope to have a career like yours. Great job with Photoshop and Visual Studio. VSC is such a cool code editor. Love it.
What are you up to these days?
Visual Studio Code was made by a separate team, as a separate project. Unrelated to Visual Studio. I presume the marketing folks made the decision to prefix Code with "Visual Studio", but I'm not in marketing, so maybe they had good reasons.
As I understand it (and I may be mistaken), the Visual Studio Code team was under Erich Gamma (of "the gang of four" Design Patterns fame).
I have no insider information. I presume Visual Studio Code fits into a vision of the future where compiling and projects are all managed "in the cloud". With projects in Microsoft
CodePlexGitHub, and those projects ALM and cloud compiling using Azure DevOps Server (fka Visual Studio Online, fka Visual Studio Team Services).These days, I'm working at Adobe on Photoshop. May sound sappy, but I'm on a great team, with great management, and a very successful product. I'm most fortunate.
Visual Studio Code was made by a separate team, as a separate project. Unrelated to Visual Studio.I thought about it for a second! ..
If I may ask, what is your train of thought if you had to recruit a developer?
💪💪
Am working on a project for a company with my partners ☺️
If I had to recruit a developer, I'd refer them to Photoshop Is Hiring.
haha! well not the answer I expected, but okay...
Your programming age is double+ my entire existence on earth!
Can't lie about that 😂... You right
Wow...😮😮😮
Am speechless boss😮
Respect 🙌💪
39 years
1980 so 42 years. Ugh.
I'll end up in the middle of that! End of 1981 so 41 years....
Wow.,...
That means I was yet to be born
When you even started coding...😪
wow,
probably.. i was still yet to be born when you started coding...
respect sir
Not a great achievement... Not dying while being a geek ;-)
Exactly 💪
un monstre ce mec
LoL 😂
Wow... That means,you where still coding while I was still yet to be born😮🙌
6 yrs..
Started with python...did nothing but waste time on tutorials.
Second year I joined a 1yr long bootcamp to learn web development HTML, CSS & JS along with the mern stack. I graduated having done 1 project called "think tank united" some website that allowed strangers to participate in a meeting n talk about world problems n come up with a solution in one hour.
Third & fourth year I gave up on my self.. no self respect, low standards n just a complete hatred for the job search process. I settled to learn the finnish language using courses at home and practice driving courses.
5th year I caught myself trying out new web dev tools, design tools, productivity apps and no code. I challenged myself to learn different languages and really get into it...
Still haven't found a job...
But I got into some school named hive.
Here's my plan.
Learn a low level language C.
Learn how to work with databases.
Establish some online presence, blogs, ux / ui design posts, record myself doing online challenges
Improve my linkedIN n Try freelance.
My domain of focus is going to be web dev
Feel free to leave any advice. Im 24 n feeling like I'm lost
You think tutorials was a waste of time?
I most certainly focused on the wrong things.
I dont blame that only for why my life sucks.
Today, I've come to love building things and not relying on tutorials(they hold your hand and don't force you to research, plan, design, document or test anything your problem solving mind ideates). It's a completely different game compared to when I started. Today I have friends that I try to join on a zoom call n do small challenges together. 😅..man..if only I had done abit of brainstorming and learned better...I'd be very far by now 😭
Their still chance😁
Absolutely not
Nah... Absolutely not
You u all saying.. you wasted time on tutorials 😂🤷🏻♂️
Wow... Nice one 😮😮🙌
Only 14 years, which is quite a bit but not a lot.
I started in ~ mid 2008 by wanting to create my own version of RuneScape, in this case a Private Server. Java...
Since then I've worked in:
Java, Kotlin, C#, JavaScript, Swift, Objective C, Python, Ruby, and PHP
Wow...
That's a lot of years and experience 😮😮..
Respected 🙌🙌
13 months.
If HTML and CSS count as well then 20 years.
Wow...
It counts...
That's alot of year😮🙌
I taught myself HTML & CSS when I was 12 years old to build better pages than the ones that were possible with beepworld - I think only milennials will remember this awful site. I know it sounds like a weird old lady comment but it's absolutely true: The internet was very different at this time and I loved it!
Wow...
Was it on YouTube tutorials??
Or you read alot of textbooks
I read a textbook for web designers and learned with w3schools and a site with a lot of knowledge about CSS but unfortunately I forgot the name of it. After some reading I mainly learned by doing and testing things and would do it again like that (and skip the book that's outdated in this minute you saved the draft of course). :)
Wow....
I also learnt with w3school...
You awesome 💪🙌
Thank you, and so are you!
u wlc boss
About 1.5 years professionally with a large gap from COBOL, PASCAL, SPSS, and BASIC in high school. Switched from system administration to C# development at 47. It's been an "interesting" ride so far, but enjoying it.
Wow...
That's great😮
Hmm, started writing programs in February 1981.
Started writing program and run them on a computer a couple of months later.
Then I learned that there were different dialects of BASIC and Pet BASIC did not have all the features of ABC80 BASIC.
Wow...
That's a lot of years😮
HTML and CSS are not programming languages. And most programmers will agree with me. I begun building websites in 2006 and a couple of years after I started playing around with C++ and PHP (gaming and web dev). I then studied Java at the university for one year, which allowed me to play around with it for some time. I never enjoyed any of those languages as much as I have enjoyed JS. My journey hasn't been linear. I would say hands on programming I have about ~ 7 years.
Wow....
Nice ...
Respect🙌💪
Thank you Nnaji. People love to talk about themselves hahah. This post is the proof of that.
For all developers who consider themselves new in this world I say that if you really like it, don't feel intimidated by the experience of others. You can become a good programmer faster than you might think. The old days, were very difficult because we didn't have access to all the knowledge and tutorials that are now everywhere.
Good luck in your journy Nnaji ;)
Thanks so much 🥰🙌.. you too🙌💪
Professionally 1 month tomorrow 🎉
I started studying in March this year and got my first job May the 1st !
I don’t want to look cheesy, but I just said to my colleague that it’s the first time I’m happy with what I’m doing during my professional life !!
Wow...
Grace...
So,how do you see programming??
If you're like me, the chief pleasure in programming isn't learning new languages or the latest technology. Real satisfaction comes when you're able to stay in the zone for an extended period (days or weeks at a time) and make steady progress with a creative solution to a novel problem.
So my advice to others pursuing this career is quite different from what those who are younger than me have to say: to avoid burnout, stay one step behind the bleeding edge; master one thing and use it to its fullest. Then move on.
I credit my enjoyment of JavaScript to my early years mastering Fortran, COBOL, Visual Basic, C++ and PHP. Each in turn made me stronger.
My first paid gig was the summer of 1977. To all those just starting out, you've got a fun ride ahead of you.
💪💪🙌
5 or 6, idk anymore lol
I started at around 9 years old
Wow .....
Who Eva that urge u into it... Really loves u☺️🙌
I've always been a curious one, and I had to learn when I saw my dad coding cool stuff :D
wow...
that's nice...so that means, your dad was the source of ur motivation
I started 2 years ago with HTML, CSS, Php, JS, Java and later with Lua, Python, C# and more
Nice ☺️☺️...
So,... Have u started with projects??
yes. And I learned by myself Python and Lua.
wow... nice work
Thanks
u wlc
2 years lmao
Wow ...
I guess u would have accomplished some things for Abt those years☺️
yea ive made a few cool websites ig.
how long have u been doing programming for?
3 yrs .... Still yet to accomplish alot☺️😪
i mean thats longer than mine so uve prolly done more than me
3 years
Still trying to learn everyday
Yes ..
Definitely....
Good luck 💪🙌
Wow...
Nice...
More years to come
4 years in the software game. Slow growth over time but the years have been so worth it. Now I'm accelerating my hobbies as the start of a career as a Full stack react dev 🤓.
Wow...
Great achievement 🙌🙌
43 years in programming.
wow....
that means am still a kid in this programming world
Some advice: don’t get stuck in a rut (a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out). Always look for new, innovative ways to do things. Many times we are tempted to just use the same old techniques and aren’t open to the new. That begins to become stale and less productive. Also, no language is the best for everything. Always use the right tool for the right job. These are things I wish I knew when I started.
Wow...
Perfectly said...
Respected 🙌🙌💪
this is the 1 year/5 months/not sure what week.
LoL😂...
Nice one...
How do you see the programming world😇
2nd/3rd year. I currently I know python, django, flask, fastapi, html, css etc.
wow...
you must be a legend by nw
I wish I was, but I know mostly just the basics of these
You will still get to that level.. ..
As long as you enjoy it and you keep doing it💪
~1.5 years🥹
nice one...
so,how do you see programming?
I feel pretty comfortable with the basics and I'm making sure I truly understand something before moving on. Now, I'm learning Data Structures and Algorithms and creating apps with Next.js
Wow...
U already taking steps...
Nice one...
Good luck 💪🙌
About 15 years for me. Maybe 16? I am 30 now, and started when I was either 14 or 15.
Wow😮...
I guess am still a kid in this work or profession. 😮🙌
We all still have a lot to learn :)
Yes,
that's sure...
no one is above learning...
learning doesn't finish...
but respect
Bit hard to be sure, around 45 years I think. As it happens I recently wrote out my coding history - see my account here.
Wow😮😮...
Am still a kid in programming 😮
Wow😮😮...
Respect 🙌
4 years
Wow...
I guess u would have achieved alot for Abt those years ☺️🙌
From Hello World type programming, 20. Taking it seriously? About 5.
LoL...
Definitely 😂
about like 2 and a half years
Nice...
I guess by those years .... U would have achieved something 😇
LoL 😂
Wow..
That's a lot of years and experience 😮🙌
17 - 18 maybe when I first started.
Wow ..
That's a lot of years and experience 😮🙌
Wow...
That's alot of years😮
I've only just started to learn more about programming. I'm 50, I hope it won't be too late.
It's Neva too late....
U are even an inspiration to others...
RESPECT 🙌
10 years
Wow...
Nice...
That's a lot of experience
53
Years😮??
maybe days.. haha!
LoL😂😂
Almost 2 and half years🤓
wow...
i guess u would have accomplished a lot in those years
2yrs lol
Nice...
Hope u have achieved alot from those years🥰
4 years for me
Wow....
That's a lot of experience 😮🙌
Like four or five years now.
Wow...
That's a lot of experience 😮🙌
16 years since i started in the programming trade school.
Wow....
That's a lot of experience 😮🙌
32 years
Wow...
I guess am still a kid in coding 😂
7 years here
Wow....
That's a lot of experience 😮...
Keep it up 💪
Just mere 4 years
Wow...
I guess you would have had some achievement over those years
39 years
Wow,....
That's a lot of experience 😮🙌
30 year-ish? Got a C64 without games back in '92-ish, when I was around 7.
I find it very hard to believe I could have read the included english manual at that age, but somehow I did.
Wow...
What a year😮
I will approximate 40 years, since I started with a xz81 and would have got that a few months after it came out.
Wow😮...
Am still a kid in this coding world😮😪
A year and half 😶
Nice....
HV definitely seen my mate😁
7th year coding professionally, and maybe 8th/9th year since I first touched a line of code... quite young in the industry!
Huh... Young😮...
Wow...
Respect sir🙌🙌
7 years old now!
Wow....
I guess u would have achieved alot☺️
About 20 years since my first website.
Wow,
Am still a kid in this work 😮
about 3 years
Wow....
That's great...
Keep it up💪
Wow....
Have you started working on projects??
I have been working on a company since January.
wow,
happy for you bro
3 ans
Wow...
Nice☺️💪
About 11 years!
Wow,
That means you have a lot of experience in this work💪🙌🙌...
RESPECT🙌
7 years
Wow...
That's a lot of experience 😮🙌
wow,
that is a long year of experience..
respect
3 years and counting.
Wow...
Nice... One..
I guess from those years... U would have achieved something.
1 month
Awwwn...
So,how do you see it??..
Hope you learning 💪..
Good luck ☺️
Wow...
U must be a legend 🙌🙌
u wlc
25 years for me
Wow....
I guess I am just a very little child in this programming language 😃...
Happy 25 anniversary sir🙌