You got me thinking for a long time. :)
At first there was BASIC on Sinclair ZX-80 ('81), then I got ZX-81 ('82), afterwards was ZX Spectrum 48K ('83). On Spectrum I learned Z80 assembler, Hisoft Pascal in Hisoft C. Next was Commodore 64 ('84), where I learned 6502 assembler, then Atari ST ('86) and Amiga 500 ('87) with Motorola 68000 assembler. When in high school we got PC-XT and afterwards PC-AT with Turbo Pascal and Turbo C. On PC-AT was my first professional development. I was in Yugoslav Army ('89), where I developed ERP system with Nantucket Clipper (remember? :). After a year, when I got out I went to University and there learned ADA, ALGOL, PROLOG. Worked for private company on HRM software ('92), developed with C++ and multi-db interface (Oracle, MSSQL, Access). Then worked on Time & Attendance SW (extending HRM) using Ruby and JScript as internal scripting language. After that in a startup team developed first Slovenian version of Activation software for Windows (year after WXP) for our local e-Dictionary publisher .... Now, I prefer working in Python, sometimes in C++ or C#.
- I buy Udemy courses when they are on sale.
- JetBrains (Annual)
- MobaXTerm (Annual)
- Synergy (Once)
- Beyond Compare (Once)
- Total commander (Once)
- LinqPad (Major Upgrades)
- The Bat (Major Upgrades)
- Ashampoo Office (Much cheaper than MS Office)