I'm a majorly creative/artsy person with a liberal arts degree who has been shoehorned into computer work since around age 14.  I've been trying to get away from computers in every job I've ever had, and my skills just follow me and I end up being the "IT person."

I'm very excited to start my welding program.

I've been programming since the early 80's but didn't 'transition' to programming until 1998. I think programming is interesting because there are many ways to go about things but there is a right answer. Maybe we all need some certainty. There is something calming about programming. You move slowly and steadily towards and endpoint while hopefully not going down any dead ends. This IT connection is an interesting observation.


Dori.

Software engineer here. Learned to code by writing BASIC on scraps of notebook paper, because we couldn't afford a home computer (hey, it was the early 80s, and they were expensive!).

Dunno. Fell into hole (IT)... will escape soon.

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In my first attempt at college in 1980,  I asked the computer science department about testing out of programming courses.  They'd never had anyone do that, so they set up exams and programming assignments.  I got my credits (in ForTran and BASIC),  but ended up dropping out of school.  Worked in repair of arcade video games and later computers over the next ten years,  then software development at one company for 25 years.

I can't point to anything that connects tech and transgender for me.  I'm not saying there isn't something;  I just don't feel strongly about any reason they might be connected.

Quote from: pogo on September 08, 2015, 12:38:06 AM
Software engineer here. Learned to code by writing BASIC on scraps of notebook paper, because we couldn't afford a home computer (hey, it was the early 80s, and they were expensive!).

Haa me too... and assembler coding too, ohh and some mini cobol 

Katy xx

VOIP DOES THAT COUNT?

Jessi

Network Engineer. Currently working on earning my CCIE. I have been doing networking since 2000 when I started the Novell Netware (before switching over to the Cisco NetAcademy) program at SCC (now SSC).

Got my first computer (Apple ][ plus) in 1978.  Starting as a tech in 1980 and never looked back.  Can break 'em, fix 'em, program 'em, database 'em, network 'em, virtualize 'em, etc.