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Do you remember your first programming job?

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Mark0:
First software thing I worked on for some $ was a BASIC program controlling an electronic scale, running on an interesting little portable computer: an Epson HX20.

hwtan:
First programming job was in high school, maintaining the library record system written in R:BASE.

40hz:
It was a scrap metal pricing and tracking system. It was written in BASIC and ran on an IBM 5110. It took me a week to write and test. I asked for $50 to do it, with $10 up front.

I got my $10, but I never got the rest despite my "customer" constantly praising my program and promising to send me a check for the balance.

That incident was the most valuable lesson I ever learned about writing code. ;D

(BTW: $40 x 18% interest x 28 years = $4119 they now owe me!)

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