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@diverjer
I spent 50 years in Computers. The first 25 I worked on IBM main frames. I was an operating system programmer and spent many years writing assembler language doing updates to new versions of the IBM OS. I even hired IBM SE’s to work for me. In 1983 my company installed a 4800 baud modem in my house Along with a 32 line 3270 terminal. I was able to test operating system changes on the spare $6 million manframe they had, from home. I was able to reboot partitions using VMware. Over those years I had to write code in probably 15 different languages. I also designed networking solutions on Vax VMS, Tandem Tal, IBM mainframes and PC’s, some in their assembler languages,,allowing them to move data back-and-forth between them.

The last 25 years I ran a consulting business. Had almost 100 companies I did all of their support for. Of course this was with Microsoft servers and PCs, Though I did do a some Mac work as well. Learned how to do it all on the fly. Things are so similar.

Getting things exactly right is critical With Computers.

Getting it right with prostate cancer is important too, but there are so many choices. There is no one right answer. You may not find out for years if what you picked is the correct solution. People in this forum can find out a lot of Solutions and take their pick of the one they want to use.

Don’t get too far in the weeds here. At some point, you have to make a choice. One guy I know has been to at least six different doctors to get a second opinions. He is an engineer and has an engineering mindset, and can’t let go and make a decision. He’s got large cribriform And still won’t make a decision on how to be treated. Something like that can be a deadly decision, not to decide.

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@jeffmarc
Wow, I did assembly programmer also. Went to school wanting to learn COBOL, but they had a requirement that I first had to take Assembly and learn to read Hexadecimal and Binary. Didn't want to learn that, but really paid off later as most staff didn't know things down to that level which was really needed looking at core dumps. Mostly IBM ESA, but also did work on Univac, IBM System 3 15D, IBM Series 1 and even some Control Data Systems (CDC). Then had to also get into Micro Computers. Before I had to support them, I made fun of the PC staff, called them Micro Brains.