My Ruby Story

Panel:  Charles Max Wood Guest: Thom Parkin This week on My Ruby Story, Charles speaks with Thom Parkin, Thom is a return guest and interviewer on Ruby Rogues Episode 245. Thom describes the early days in his career of programming, starting with mechanical computing devices and early computers. Thom talks about working with Cobalt and other early technologies. Thom talks about his journey in programming and the developing world. As well as his contributions to the Ruby community throughout his career In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get introduced to programming?Old computersCobaltCompuserve AOLWhen the internet was youngLearning RubyLearning SinatraSite PointGit Git CheatsheetRemote work on Rail Project - for Non-ProfitVimA Ruby method a daySoftware development, Cyber Security, etcComparison to board gamesGhost in the WiresHackingand much, much more! Links:  http://ParaHacker.comhttps://github.com/ParkinThttps://www.linkedin.com/in/thomparkinhttps://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/245-rr-the-