This tech geek gut into programming back in the early& mid 70's when computers still took up huge buildings at the university campus I was on.

Even though my focus with my degree was on business applications & got my accounting degree with my comp sci minor, I ended up going into computer design engineering in the aerospace industry when it was huge in Calif. Mostly did firmware programming in assembly language & some micro programming languages. Did a lot of interface testing with the hardware the programmed chips were placed into.

I mostly was involved with programming data links. Have to laugh now...the first project I worked on was a hand held terminal for the marines. It weighed over 5 pounds & most of that weight was the huge stick lithium battery used to power it. It had GPS capability & data link communication. I look at my smart phone now I can hold in one hand & that is 100times more powerful & realize that we were the beginning of the technology that left the military deign in its dust. I also programmed one of the data links used to fly plains by that went into the shelters used in the gulf war. I had moved to another company by that time but it was thrilling when I heard about the successful testing of the link I programmed that the plane they were testing it with didn't crash into the ocean...meant I did a good job programming & testing my work.

I love seeing how in just the last 40 years technology has accelerated it's advancement so rapidly.

When the aerospace industry crashed around 1994 it was impossible to get hired by the business community. They refused to admit that you could learn their technology just as you learned what you knew where you came from....they didn't want to pay for the learning time.

Depression hit....but it was mostly because my career was more than just a career, it was where I hid from my bad marriage & I could no longer find an escape from that. I went to UCLA & took extension courses but nothing turned into any positive career paths.

So now, I just am the most techy female around in my age group the over 60's & end up helping solve some of their tech problems with wiring & other things. I have an old desk top 9 years old that has serious problems with plug-in crashes but am afraid of making things worse than better if I attempt to fix it.

Love my smart phone but as a user, not a developer. I have dabbled with web site design but have never really gotten into it either.

I do appreciate all the design & development work that current technology takes.