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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 23 Nov 2019
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      A friend had a Nintendo. I played it once, was hooked, and asked the friendly local librarian how one made video games. Learned Basic from the book How To Make Video Games. Didn’t own a computer for another 5 years or so so this was also my gateway drug for algebra.https://twitter.com/Initialized/status/1197631627167502338 …

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      What made you want to get into tech?
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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 23 Nov 2019
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      “How do you write Basic without a computer?” Graph paper for the screen and contents of memory. I had a lot of time on my hands.

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        2. Markiyan‏ @csk377 23 Nov 2019
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          Did you ever compile anything you had coded on graph paper?

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        3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 23 Nov 2019
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          No, lost it before I got a computer. My document retention pre Dropbox left a lot to be desired.

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        1. rcrsv‏ @rcrsv 23 Nov 2019
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          “How do you write Basic without a computer?” I wrote Basic with pencil and paper, then rode my bike to Radio Shack and typed it in to their TRS-80

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        1. Allan Jude‏ @allanjude 23 Nov 2019
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          Reminds me of stories of how @freebsdfrau got started. I was later to the game. Started programming with QBasic 4.5 for DOS, using sample code I downloaded from a local BBS. Got into unix when I asked a random person on IRC how you run your own server so you can be the admin.

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        1. Dev Chhatbar‏ @dev_chhatbar 23 Nov 2019
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          Funny enough growing up in TZ, we were being taught basics in HTML (grade 10) and the lack of resources from school means we would have to write on paper, which was then checked by our teachers. Luckily I knew how to code as I had a Mac, but it was tough for fellow colleagues.

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        1. Pooya Esfandiar‏ @PooyaEsfandiar 23 Nov 2019
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          I thought I was the only kid who had a "Basic programs notebook" without owning a computer. I never "ran" them at Turing machine level though, just imagined how they'd work.

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        2. Loyd‏ @JeffreyALoyd 23 Nov 2019
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          I worked @ discount store during Xmas to buy a Vic20 and a book about Machine Language because my best friend told me to. Made my first game a month later - a bad Donkey Kong ripoff with three levels. Had to use graph paper & write the code first too.

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        3. Loyd‏ @JeffreyALoyd 23 Nov 2019
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          Tho I’m not actually “in tech” now it’s useful background

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        1. Thomas Bauer‏ @_417 23 Nov 2019
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          I wrote my first BASIC program on a napkin #developers

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        1. David Kanter‏ @TheKanter 23 Nov 2019
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          Where did you grow up?

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