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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: For The Gamers
Date: 11 Jan 2025 21:04:19 GMT
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 08:15:13 -0600, chrisv wrote:

> But I had my safe, and tolerable, niche in electronics manufacturing,
> and I was too cowardly to risk the career change.

My career started in the machine tool industry, which at the time was 
mostly based on relay logic. As microcontrollers entered the mix, drawing 
ladder diagrams and wiring up ice cube relays was replaced by programming. 
Logic is logic. 

With my first exposure to programming being FORTRAN IV and punch cards I 
wasn't interested in programming. When it got to the point where I could 
wire-wrap a board on the kitchen table and program it the field became 
interesting.