[matt321]

>> socket programming felt like a huge thing to me, like unlocking the next level of programming.

This was my story as well, I wonder how many people have been through this just like us!?

[rofo1]

Same exact story - I was perhaps 9 or 10 and got to Beej's work on sockets. It was one of the more accessible things available to me (or known to me). I remember reading Stevens books next.

So interesting that so many people have the same experience

[paraiuspau]

Same story here - 1998, teenager, unable to understand socket programming until I came across Beej’s guide at CSU Chico. Thank you Beej!