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theDaveBon Working in the software industry, circa 1989

I started my first programming job, well trainee programmer in September 1989. Five people applied for the job and I ended up taking my TV and Atari ST to the interview to show them some stuff I had written in STOS Basic.

Got the job and started with dBase II on Concurrent DOS.

theDaveBon Checking account hacked by Tagged member. 48 hours, no response from Tagged.

So that means I shouldn't be posting on HN because I use a shared computer.

Are you on drugs or some kind of prescribed medication ?

Dave

theDaveBon Startup ideas that I’m sick of hearing about

I love Codea on the iPad and that is a App that creates Apps (using Lua).

Dave

theDaveBon Old Techies Never Die; They Just Can’t Get Hired as an Industry Moves On

Am 42 and went into software development at 15. I didn't really finish school and managed to land a job as a trainee programmer (told the company I was basically finished at school but had to back for my exams, I never did).

I never really learnt new skills much after VB 6 (missed the whole .net thing), I got sick of having to learn new stuff every few years. I was a MCSD but that was nothing, read a book, sit a exam.

I left IT and took up photography for a few years, tried to get back in and have never had a interview.

I am now doing the odd website for friends and trying to make my first iPad App.

Dave

theDaveBon How I Learned Enough Ruby On Rails In 12 Weeks To Launch Freelancify

I can't get the tryruby.org site to work properly. If I do anything wrong it just locks up and I have to refresh the browser window.

For instance at the "type 2 + 6" question, if I type 2+6 it freezes. If type 2 + 6 it's fine.

Running OSX Lion and Google Chrome.

Dave

theDaveBon We should teach all our kids to code

Me and my son (aged 15) are trying to develop our first iPad app but he is not interested in the programming side at all. He is happy drawing out stuff on paper for the levels etc... So am not forcing the programming no him, if he has no interest. I just want him to have the experience of getting a app on the app store and knowing he was part of it.

We are using the Corona SDK (in case anyone is interested).

Dave

theDaveBon I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.

Nice idea but you have some competition. Won't mention sites on here, played with a identical solution a few weeks ago. Also found somewhere that is doing a WP app for a one off charge of $17, you download source code, edit it, compile it and submit it to the app store.

Dave

theDaveBon Better Volunteering for Web Geeks

I would defo be up for this. Am a developer ASP, PHP, HTML, etc...

I don't live in London but only up the road in Liverpool.

I work for myself now doing photography (15 years in the IT industry), so am free almost every weekday.

Dave (thedavebaxter@gmail.com)