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Re:Poll: How long have you been programming? by Myrth on Monday April 02, 2012 @01:40PM (#3789210)
'86 - I was 12 and sold my first program (typing tutor game) My dad bought me a BK0010-01 when I was 11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektronika_BK).

It was fun to learn assembler entered directly as binary :P

Re:Poll: How long have you been programming? by moilolita on Monday April 02, 2012 @01:59PM (#3789274)
How were you able to sell software in eastern europe (especially at that early age)? Even today if I try selling software over here, nobody takes me seriously and more often it's all perceived like an insult. "How dare you ask money for that sketchy program/website that even my 12 year old son could write???" or "I don't pay for software ! I take it from internet. It's free !!!".