Electronic logbooks?

[Richman]

I Imagine how different my life might have been had I continued to learn BASIC programming when I was young.

Honestly, I don’t know if you missed anything. I was WAY into programming (oops, guess that’s called “coding” now) as a kid, and while I wasn’t a super early bird, my buddy and I were way ahead of the curve doing stuff on the old Z80s and 6502 machines in 79-80 and through high school.

He went into for school and a career, whereas I kind of kept in it as a super-techie (since lapsed), and did some different things that interested me and eventually into flying.

His career is what I’d probably think is typically for an IT engineer…not a “coder” or someone who slid through some network certificates…for a guy who was in the business before the intrawebz boom.

He’s done ok. You’d think someone who got in at that level would have killed it, but in reality, he’s not anywhere near Google money, or even a boutique software house money, but just a work a day dad punching the clock 5 days a week. Was in the ground floor at a couple places that never took off.

It’s not just pilots that have hohum careers.

 

[Hacker15e]

For 31 years I flew with guys at Brown that every leg filled out on of those little notebook logs to keep track of their times. I guess it was in case scheduling screwed something up in the computer or whatever.

Remember that there are fellas who do fly outside of work, and do need to keep track of their hours.

I have to do statement of currency/experience forms annually for insurance re-certification on an airplane I am a partner in, for a club I'm in, and for the two museums I fly warbirds for.