I knew you were around that age, the learning curve must have been harsh. I went to college in the 70’s and back then we had a punchcard computer I learned Basic on, not sure where you would have fit that in before or after the VN war.
LOL
I was in on ALL of it. Vacuum tubes to start with in ‘65 and threw them all away to set up some of the early digital computer systems, then went back to school so I could work with BASIC, FORTRAN.....all that fun stuff.
Still have marks on my fingers from keypunching my own programs.