>>Ou sont les neiges d'antan?
>>They were wonderful times, indeed. Some VFP apps that I wrote back then are still running. Each day increases the ROI- which is already off the chart.
>>There are good things happening now, though.
>>One grandson is taking his masters in computer science. I love what he tells me.
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>For years my daughter wanted to be a veterinarian. I was just happy that she wanted to follow a light that had zero to do with I.T.
>But all summer long, she has been asking me to teach her what I do. I never wanted her anywhere near this industry. So now I'm torn.

Philly.NET used to run a session "Kids that code" where members brought their kids to show off what they'd done. Most were games and they were pretty good.
My grandson really wants to be another Warren Buffet and he plans to use computers to get to that goal.