The biggest thing I can say that I got from here was my current job. I have no current formal programming qualifications and thanks mostly to what I've learned here I have been able to get a job as a programmer.
I got a similar thing from this forum (and the old ps2yabasic one).
I taught myself to code at home after school and then one day I got this internet thing, about the same time as I got my ps2, and stumbled across the forum.
Over a bit of time the forum changed me from a young coder who knew everything to a slightly older coder who realized he knew nothing and it really made me buckle down and learn.
Everyone here has always been friendly and a very valuable source of help.
After about 6 months of study at AIE I landed a job developing games (my dream came true) and after that I did some work on a UML tool and I doubt it would have ever happened without the help I got here.
After all my years on the internet this is the only forum I still actively follow!
Good work to all who have kept this place alive
