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I'm not a developer, I'm an enlarger*. All of the apps I work on just get bigger.
(*) Ok, I work for Kodak. I had to go for the lame film-oriented joke  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm ashamed to say I'm programmer when I see others, 2-5 year and never work as an employee , just had some projects for others , and always teach myself programming myself. 
Mazy
You're face to face,
With the man who sold the world - David Bowie
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Nothing to be ashamed about. Curiosity and the quest for knowledge are what drives quality developers.
onwards and upwards...
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It's been a long roller coaster ride too.
Started with a small company, I was employee #22.
Merged seveal years later with 4 other small companies, and went public (all at the same time).
Ran that way for a couple of years, then split into two distinct companies that failed to go '.COM' because of the '.BOMB'. Worked for one of these two companies, then I jumped to the light-side, and now work for the 'other half'. Our half was recently bought up by KODAK and I now gladly work for them.
D.
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Welcome to the club. The company I work for[^] was sold by Kodak in 1990, and then they bought us back last fall  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Well, well, well!
I worked at Kodak (D&AI BDC) from 1994-2000. Any of you remember Kodak Picture Disk? That started out as a hack and turned into Kodak Picture CD.
/ravi
My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536
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Gary,
Hey, good to meet you and hear a bit of your story. I checked out your company's website and I have to say until now, I was unfamiliar with this kind of technology. Beats the heck out of those 2 and 4 color presses I worked on in my High School days (worked at a small print shop for a year).
Our company website is here PracticeWorks
Our site is terrible (IMHO) and contains out dated information; the good news is, it's being reworked and I've been told the new site should be up soon and will be excellent; I can only hope.
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I am just over 10 years at my first and only company since graduating. I was employee #6, and was the firs and only coder for 4 years. There are now 5 of us. I could have run the software dept, but prefered to stay at the sharp end where my skill are best, so someone else now tries to manage me.
The company is around 22 people now. When I look at the equipment we sell, 95% of our products have my software controlling it, or is the product. God I am amazing!
Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016
Roger Wright: Remember to buckle up, please, and encourage your friends to do the same. It's not just about saving your life, but saving the quality of life for those you may leave behind...
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I suddenly feel old.
1988-1989 writing Dos apps for printing industry
1989-1993 develop RISC OS / DOS software for nursing/old folk homes.
1993-1998 back to the first company for a second stint, writing Windows apps
1998-2001 writing telephony apps for a start-up, which then went dot bomb.
2001-today running my own company, consulting and writing anything to pay the bills.
Michael
But you know when the truth is told,
That you can get what you want or you can just get old,
Your're going to kick off before you even get halfway through.
When will you realise... Vienna waits for you? - "The Stranger," Billy Joel
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Thanks, now I feel old too, as I also started in '88 writing Wang Basic2 and C/Btrieve apps. Things were so much simpler in those days... and technology was new and cool, not just renamed, repackaged and retreaded stuff like nowadays.
Anyone remember Xenix and SuperDos? How about the WangPC? Octopus cables? Connecting to the BBS at 300 baud?
OK, got to go... time to take my Geritol.
onwards and upwards...
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Bugger, now I feel like a real old codger
1985-1990 DOS & CP/M apps for the Accounting and Hotel trade
1990-1992 DOS apps for Accounting and Stock Control
1992-1993 DOS apps for Marketing industry
1993-1995 DOS/Windows apps for the Retail trade
1995-1996 DOS/Windows apps for the Legal industry
1996-Present frelance, writing windows apps for anyone who'll pay me
Phil Harding
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You guys are all little kiddies. 
1980 Honeywell Multics, VM-CMS [Pascal, C]
1981-1994 VMS, MS-DOS, Win3.1, Win32S [Pascal, C, C++]
1995-today U*x, Win9x, WinNT, Win2K/XP [C++, Java, Tcl/TK]
/ravi
My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536
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First stint was at a small engineering company in Vermont with about 12 developers. Now I work at a 10,000+ company, there are probably 100 or so software developers (I am just counting coders, not project managers, testers, firmware engineers, etc.)
Big difference.
"I'd be up a piece if I hadn't swallowed my bishop." Mr. Ed, playing chess
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As of writing, there is one vote for, "I don't work as a developer." I wonder if that vote was from the chicken farmer[^]?
"I'd be up a piece if I hadn't swallowed my bishop." Mr. Ed, playing chess
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Nope, my vote was the 15th one.;P I am sure there are more hobbiest that frequent this site.
Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Mine was the first
Matt Newman
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... have been pretending to be developers for over 10 years now, they started to believe it themselves.
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Started at my current company in June 1989 at the tender age of 18. Still a great place to work, 15 years on! (we have a very low staff turnover which is a good sign). 200 people when I started, now employing close to 1,500.
The Rob Blog
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Impressive So are u in a senior position now or in a management position?
<font=arial>Weiye Chen
When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...
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Senior. Put it this way, my boss sits on the board of the company (he is a founding member) - there is no-one else inbetween which is really, really sweet (he's a techie too which is even better!).
The Rob Blog
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We do have an office in Dublin if that's any help!
The Rob Blog
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Kerridge Computer Co. Ltd.
The Ireland office details:
Kerridge Computer Systems
Anglesea House
Carysfort Avenue
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)1 288 3355
http://www.kerridge.ie/
The Rob Blog
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