Started hacking with BASIC in 1977.

Started hacking with FORTRAN (punch cards!) in 1979.

Started hacking with APL in 1981.

Started hacking with pascal in 1981.

Started hacking with emacs in 1981.

Started hacking with lisp in 1983.

Started hacking with C in 1984.

Started hacking VLSI in 1985.

Started hacking analog design in 1986.

Started hacking quantum-electronic devices in 1991.

Started hacking high-speed circuits and devices in 1996.

Started hacking startups in 2000.

Started hacking perl in 2004.

Started hacking video in 2005.

Started hacking RoR in 2009.

One of these days, I'll stop hacking and become an expert.