I started programming in 1978 and continue to work with computer programming.
A an now 55 and have developed some telemetry devices based on Arduino/ATMEL chips. I use the devices in my radio control aircraft and enjoy building RC aircraft.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I joined SETI@home along time ago. Probably shortly after it was released. I run SETI@home because I believe there is live out there.
I used to run SETI@home on 3 dual core servers in my home, but those were dinosaurs compared to a simple NVIDI GForce card.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.