My Ruby Story

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Corey Haines This week on My Ruby Story, Charles talks to Corey Haines. Corey first got into programming because when his father shifted over into programming in the late 70’s, that meant that there was always a computer in the house when he was growing up. He grew up playing games on his father’s computer, and from there gained interest in code and programming. He talks about his love for Ruby and Rails as well as his proudest contributions to the Ruby community, such as the different communities of learning that he has impacted over the years. In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  How did you first get introduced into programming?TRS 80 and WordStarGamesC and C++Getting a job as a web developerHTMLMicrosoft IASVisual Basic and C#Java to RubyHow do you become a good mentor?Background in Math and EnglishWas it hard to get back to programming?Excel and VBA in HungaryIndex filesThe importance of learning from othersNot having a CS degree didn’t hold him backProgramming as a