Answer these questions to find out if you're a real IT person.

[Gibbon]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
F4 Phantom Fire Control Radar (Analogue Computer, had to change some componets for new parameters)

First processor was the Elliot 920C (F3 Tornado Radar) on paper tape in machine code.

1. Which is the first computer you owned?
P166
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
7
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
Don't do IT - too easy
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
It's a tool to get the system to do what it's supposed to do. Hate code monkeys who change code around to look pretty and introduce bugs, flipping amateurs.

5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it? Yes and Yes but prefer TPU

[Scrag Meister]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for? VAX Midi/Main frame
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
Commodore 64
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
Basics( QB, PDS, VB,VBA, some .NET), Cobol, C++, Pascal, Assembler, So thats either 5 or a few more for diff version of basic

3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
23
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
Enjoy it for the most part.
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?
Yes and Yes, but generally use an ftp link from a Windows machine and use UltraEdit (FTW) instead.

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

PM'd for a few months hated it, back to coding, my first love, doh! I mean second love, hope the fiancee isn't reading this .

[mudskipper]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

0. Dragon 32
1. Dragon 32
2. Lost count
3. 25. Yikes.
4. 50/50
5. Yes and yes including today.

[Scrag Meister]

AFAIK BBC micro was twice the price of the Spectrum.
So no, real IT people got the cheaper product and maximised the hell out of it.

Yep £399 quid if remember correctly, family financial circumstances restircted me to a Commodore 64, learnt Basic and Assembler, set me up quite well.

[swamp]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
Vic 20

1. Which is the first computer you owned?
Compaq 386

2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
Don't know

3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
12

4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
Chore

5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?
I use emacs

[MaryPoppins]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

Oh no, I'm not a "real" IT person. Boo hoo!

Thank goodness.

[Drewster]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
IBM 4361 - EXEC2 or REXX - "Ops Support Type Program" (ie Hack/Bodge)
... probably FOCUS for some sort of "App".... A menu sort of thing that ran query/reports....
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
I honestly don't remember - but many many years later
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
Hacking Ops type bodgy stuff..... loads and loads - Not sure if JCL, CLISTs, ENDEVOR Processors, Infoman, and stuff "count" as "Programing Languages" and as to 123, Dataease, Excel n VB stuff and endless numbers of "Scripting" stuff........ who knows.... I always smile when people seem to think IT means Programming/Developer

3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
30ish
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
I enjoy "problem solving" and that can sometimes be achieved by coding.......
Never considered myself (or wanted to be considered) a "Coder"
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?
Well Yes and Yes but not to any great extent.... but I can use (or learn) many basic tools/editors if the need arises I can (or to be honest could) generate and amend text files from quite a few "command line interfaces"... PrimeOS, ROSCOE, PrimeINFO, DOS/Edlin or even copy con, CP, VM/SP/CMS etc
And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.
Is that intended as a compliment... or an insult?

[Jeebo72]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

0. My own hyper sports type game. Only could do the 100 metres (well 200, 800) etc Broke my Z and X keys too.
1. Acorn Electron
2. ADA, Pascal, Fortran, C, VB6, Basic ... 6 i guess, but sure i've missed 1.
3. long lunches have taken their toll, 10+
4. rarely program anymore. But it became a chore.
5. The number 6?

Am I, Am I?????

[Platypus]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

I'll play this one, but should stress that I'm not as old as my answers might suggest

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
Data General Nova:
10 PRINT "Platypus is great"
20 GOTO 10


1. Which is the first computer you owned?
Commodore Pet

2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
Assembler variants: 3 (or do these count as one?)
Others: 5 (excluding shell/command languages and variants on major languages)

3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
30 years (I started earning money programming before I left school)

4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
Still enjoy it.

5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?
Oh yes.

[Churchill]

0. Which is the first computer you wrote a program for?
1. Which is the first computer you owned?
2. How many langauges have you seriously programmed in (work or play)?
3. How many years have you made a living out of IT (programming or otherwise).
4. Do you enjoy programming or is it a chore?
5. Do you know what vi is and have you used it?

And yes, support people, PMs etc etc - you're not real IT people.

0.TRS80 Model 1
1.Rockwell AIM-65
2.~10
3. 30
4. Yes
5. Yes :wq!