Advanced

I am already a zygote. Is it too late for me to learn to program?

Posted by bob on · 1 comment
Opensource.com
Mail this story
Print this story

I hate telling the story of how I learned to program. In the third grade, a friend showed me a book he found in the school library on making small games in the BASIC programming language. I was obsessed with Nintendo and got hooked on the idea of creating my own video games. I began programming and stuck with it, majored in computer science, and afterward became a software developer and tech book author. read more

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: Games, Developer; Story Type: News Story

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (1)

I was in my late twenties before I really hit my stride. I went to college after a four year hitch in the military. I was in my mid twenties before I got into scientific and engineering programming. I was in my late twenties before I really got into statistical and scientific programming of research satellite data. It took me that long to learn what I was doing. I really enjoyed that trip and still do. It took a while though.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post