My first IT job eva

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My IT career started aged 7; on a ZX-81, without the 13k memory expansion. However with the quote machine unquote, I was also given books containing an introduction to programming. My programming skilz increased exponentially, until my first graphic application; unsurprisingly a game.
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No matter what I did I couldn’t get the app to run, I had been through the lines and lines of quote code unquote but there wasn’t an obvious answer; in fact no answer at all. It was weeks. Eventually at 8 an elder neighbour was invited over and the obvious answer was provided – there was more code than the 1k could compile. I remember the moment, it struck me like lightening: my first introduction to reductionist thinking, logic, and understanding when you reduce, sometimes, paradigms prevail.
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[insight]
This experience made me realise that although I want to work in computers, I can’t handle the structure of code, especially the fact that it is based on hardware, that there are assumptions, ideas, etc that are unknown unknowns.
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[result]
This led to an interest in the arts, an area of no knowns – but after graduating from uni it quickly became clear IT is more important and I have worked with them as an quote experienced user unquote. Bridging the gap between an industry, a company, staff and suppliers, it didn’t take me long to realise:
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[reaction]
Every single job I have had, has had: bad IT.
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[reflection]
So now, with my new job: I join the accused.
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[summary]
My first job in IT eva awaits.
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