• Started software development in 1987 on a C128 using Basic, 6510 Assembler, Turbo Pascal 3.0
• Moved to the PC in 1989, doing software development in C, x86 Assembler, still some Basic (don't ask...)
• Later discovered object oriented programming, starting with C++ and later Java
• Switched from MS-DOS and MS-Windows to Linux in 1994
• Did some Microcontroller related projects based on the 8051, and later based on Microchip's PIC family
• Worked as Software Architect at Oracle
• Currently working as Senior Software Engineer at CONTACT Software

A code repository with SSCCEs from some of my SO postings is available at https://github.com/afester/StackOverflow.