this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024
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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

$2700 for two weeks, offered in some nice locations

Would’ve paid off!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think my dad paid $600 back then. And yeah, it got me into an IT career.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but they're only teaching basic and Pascal .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Assembly is available in the advanced program

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it says two-week sessions, so $795/2 weeks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Ya then adjust for inflation to understand a bit more of the level of pain of giving the kid the privilege, nice of parents to do!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dad put me in one, 2 weeks, 2 summers. It was all indoors though.

We met the guy in his living room and he sold dad on it. We spent a week learning BASIC on VIC-20s and the next week we teamed up and wrote our own video games. Ultimately that led me into IT work in my 30s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Do you have a chance to swim or run in the sunshine morning on a farm ?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Assembly Language, Advanced Electronics, and Artificial Intelligence. Oh yeah, those 3 things in one sentence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Great, computer camp session also included swimming in the pool .