Member's ages

[DRPCNZ]

just gone 57 came from CPM, punch cards, and visicalc

 

[glennd]

just gone 57 came from CPM, punch cards, and visicalc

Fortran on punch cards, those were the days!

 

[Caseyt]

48

 

[allanc]

Fortran on punch cards, those were the days!

Yup, and the stack of cards drops on the floor and ....

 

[glennd]

Yup, and the stack of cards drops on the floor and ....

Noooo don't say that!!! I'm gonna be awake all night now!!

 

[allanc]

Noooo don't say that!!! I'm gonna be awake all night now!!

I used to work (partime) at the data centre at the University in those days.
You could go deaf (almost) from the sound of line printers.

 

[glricht]

Yup, and the stack of cards drops on the floor and ....

We were required to put line numbers in cols 73-80, so a quick trip to the sorter fixed things right up!

 

[allanc]

We were required to put line numbers in cols 73-80, so a quick trip to the sorter fixed things right up!

In *my* days we did not have sorters

 

[Moltuae]

In *my* days we did not have sorters

This discussion seems to be turning into the Four Yorkshiremen.

 

[Proxy]

I,m 32 years of old

 

[Taijitech]

I'm 36. Shifted over to IT from call center gigs and restaurant work a few years ago.

 

[maddenslayer]

I'm 38. I also shifted to IT from call center gigs about 3-4 years ago. I don't miss those call center gigs.

 

[overburnz]

35 here, started (professionally) in the repairs about 3 years ago, after finishing my CompTIA A+ certification.
Been "playing" around since i was 14/15

 

[bugmanbp]

Im 37, going to be 38 in August

 

[RockIT Man]

I should have done this a few weeks ago. I would have been in the 21-30 group. Now I'm in the 31-40 group. Maybe I'll like it here...

 

[Blues]

I am 33 for a few more weeks and I switched from IT to Tax Collector
I started in HS then worked in the IT Department of a local company for almost 10 years leaving ~1 yr ago to work for local government and have an IT related roll in the office I work for and I still do IT work on the side.

 

[Alana Hoff]

Anyone older than 71?

Yes me I will be 74 in January

 

[Larry Sabo]

Yes me I will be 74 in January

Yeah, but I'm now 77 so I've still got you beat! Seriously, good to see another geezer here!

 

[DavidH]

61, started with punch, then optical cards with Fortran. One quickly learnt to scrawl diagonal lines across the sides of the deck for when you inevitably dropped them, usually in the most windy place available. And no, there were no sorters.

 

[LostBit]

49 here and I'm still n00b.