Re:DBase: 1979-2026
by julianz on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:33PM
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My very first paid gig, aged 12, was figuring out how to print mailing labels from a Bondwell CP/M laptop running dBase II. Didn't enjoy it.
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Very similar story, in 1982: got paid at 15 to create a prospect database for a small business. What now would be called a CRM.
The enterprise had to declare me as an apprentice for 'trade jobs', as it was against the law to give a regular salary to someone under 16.
I remember my first paycheck with deductions for retirement, which pissed me off quite a bit.