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title: "The predictable history of a programmer (reloaded)"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/the-predictable-history-of-a-programmer-reloaded.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/the-predictable-history-of-a-programmer-reloaded.html"
published: "2003-11-12T22:24:00"
updated: "2003-11-12T22:24:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "How many of us can say these things on their own \"about\" page? Probably most , with minor modification. I suggest a global \"About me\" page, something like the following: The history of : _________________ _______…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# The predictable history of a programmer (reloaded)

By Roy Osherove November 12, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 12, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

How many of us can say these things on their own "about" page? Probably most , with minor modification. I suggest a global "About me" page, something like the following:

The history of : \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_   started his/her obsession with programming when at around the age of \_\_\_\_\_ he/she started learning BASIC on his/her computer of type  \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(\_.\_kb of raw power!).

The addiction has never been kicked and since \_\_\_\_\_\_ has concentrated on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. When the technology of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ first came out, he/she decided that that is the direction they want to follow, and have learned for their \_\_\_\_\_ title and are now \_\_\_\_\_\_ at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for the past \_\_\_ years.

_\[this has been taken from_ [_my own post_](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/posts/2948.aspx) _from the first month of this blog. Yes. I'm officially out of material, thanks for asking\]_

perhaps we can make an InfoPath form out of this? Anyway. I thought I'd jump in to the fray with my own little history tidbit. This being history, I thought I'd, again, point to an old post of mine, which tells the story of [Telix,BBS, and world domination](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/posts/4893.aspx).

## More in Off Topic

[All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

- Nov 15, 2003

    ### [Help me rename The Regulator](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/15/help-me-rename-the-regulator.html)

- Nov 12, 2003

    ### [Technical writing - The complete idiot's guide](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/technical-writing-the-complete-idiots-guide.html)

- Nov 12, 2003

    ### [Web Designer/Graphic Artist/Receptionist](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/web-designergraphic-artistreceptionist.html)

- Nov 12, 2003

    ### [Writing help is... challenging](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/12/writing-help-is-challenging.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

### Sites

- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
- [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts.
- [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin.
- [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model.
- [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps.
- [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes).

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