Still running strong after 1,532 days without a code change.

Re:Still running strong after 1,532 days without a code change. by IanMechura on Saturday July 14, 2012 @12:39PM (#4244635)

This is exactly how I got my start in software. I was hired to walk a warehouse at a furniture retailer and take inventory with pencil and paper. At this time I had 0 computer experience.

Soon I was voluntarily transferring the paper to spreadsheets and printing them out. Next was a starbase db with a simple form on a laptop.

A year later I had built a custom system with a mysql database, barcode scanners at the arrival and departure gates and automatic email reports to the owner.

It is because of this that I was able to get to move on to another company to be hired as a software developer without a college degree.

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Re:Still running strong after 1,532 days without a code change. by drumdance on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:54PM (#4244867)

Ditto. I did some temp work for a Big Dumb Company that was trying to manage compensation on a gigantic Borland Quattro Pro spreadsheet. I sold them on converting it to Paradox, bought a book on programming in Paradox and haven't looked back since.

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