More than a decade and a half, I was one of those boys and girls in Davao City who have enthusiastically ventured and tried my hands into computer programming… It’s been so long now that I can’t recall all the technical part of it but I still remember the social part of working life in those years. I was 18 then, a sophomore in a Catholic College of Davao, madly in love, full of energy, few more admirers lurking in the dark, lots of friends and giggles. Wonderful Days… in fact, I dedicate Songs that was hit in that year, in particular BETTER DAYS and MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY! May I take the previlege to mention my co- programmers and friends at same time, Antonio Ancheta, Alex, Ellen Evangelista, Robert Raguro,Rene Ariaga, Jun Mac, Nong Joven, Manong Pabs, a young lady whose Dad was an Executive of Pillsbury Phils., Lisa ( you must be an Attorney now) and many more.
I haven’t really thought about this period in my life until I saw the San Diego Internet Marketing and suddenly I was reminded how we envisioned ourselves then to be as successful as these people are now in this particular field.
Well guys, we still are successful now in our own way aren’t we? For most of us, we now have lives that we never thought we’ll have years and years ago, isn’t it amazing? At that time as a programmer myself, I thought we are all a hit because we do something different for a living,(well, I mean, we’re struggling to make both ends meet) and people don’t even know how we can earn, what is Dbase 3 plus and what you mean by compiling it using Norton commander? What do you mean by Sales and Inventory System (thats my project with Mantex)
It was great experience to be in the programming industry those two years, a learning curve, being my first job.
correct.. you were the pioneers of the now sensationalized “internet programming and marketing” ^_^