[ryandrake]

Late ‘90s, and it was just as hard as today. Applied to dozens of companies as a Senior in undergrad. Similar 1 on 20 response rate as today. I remember the interview—typical “solve this trivial thing in a language of your choice.” Most college kids picked java. I picked x86 assembly and nailed it. In think that impressed someone.

[ghaff]

Heh. The main shareware program I sold for a number of years was written in x86 assembler. The horror. The horror. :-) I was just reminded this afternoon when someone sent me a message on company chat asking if I was the person who wrote said program.

When I code these days, I'll take Python.

[acutesoftware]

Well, what was the program you wrote? We wont judge you

[ghaff]

Directory Freedom. DOS directory utility.

[james_s_tayler]

I'd be impressed by that. Like who does that? Especially if it was these days. That'd be inspirational.

[elektro_nik]

That's awesome. Did you submit it in HEX? :)