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What inspired you to pursue a career or hobby in programming? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by mac to c/programming

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After typing in a bunch of programs on my 1KB Sinclair ZX-81 I wanted to understand how they worked and wanted to make some of my own.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty much from the same era. Either you learned how to teach your computer to do stuff or you were stuck with an expensive paperweight.