I got my first computer when I was 9... started programming in Commodore ROM-BASIC almost immediately and wrote a fully interactive (albeit text-based) math game by 10. We upgraded from a cassette deck to a Commodore 1541 single-sided 128k 5.25" floppy drive. It was cool, because you could take a hole-puncher and convert them to double-sided (but you had to flip the disk by hand!)
>From there I moved on to other BASIC implementations, helped my Dad develop a few applications in anything from DBase4 on CPM to FoxPro and FileMakerPro on the Mac. Then I got into HyperCard, developing (or attempting to, in some cases) HyperCard shareware. Then in my early 20s I got into DOS batch files, more BASIC as a hobby, and started messing with HTML. My first commercial site was done in '95 for a real-estate agent and looked a LOT like Sean's way-back site (no offense, dude...) Later on, 1999 or 2000 and later, I wrote several VBA applications for various clients, mostly using Excel or Access (yack!) for various purposes... and assisted in various ways with Java and Classic ASP development (either in a jr. programmer or infrastructure capacity). I even got flown to Memphis to manage a new Access application for a client that had offices here in Minneapolis and in TN. In 1997 or so I got turned on to CF by a friend and bought Ben Forta's WACK, which really amazed the hell out of me because it came with a SERVER and an IDE. So I dove into CF and within 4 months or so had gone full-time. It's been fun, it's been hard, it's been a challenge, but things are really looking up right now. Good question though, it's nice to share this kind of stuff once in a while. Everyone's got a story... unless they're Sean, then they have stories, and stories, and stories, and stories, and stories... and did I mention stories? ;) Laterz! J On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:14:02 -0400, Will The Game <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wanted to try and gauge where I'm at right now in terms of programming > prowess by having everyone offer their experience with programming in > general and CF. What most of you do is pretty amazing to me, so I'd like to > know where I stand and what I need to do to get more like you guys! > > Me - 2 years programming - 2 years CF > > Thanks, > Will > -- Continuum Media Group LLC Burnsville, MN 55337 http://www.web-relevant.com http://cfobjective.neo.servequake.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197485 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
