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mxbck Mindstorms was how I got into programming too! It was the NXT which came out in 2006 - thankfully using USB rather than Infrared! 2 secs, changing my CV from 7 years of experience to 15...
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LEGO Mindstorms was absolutely brilliant and was a great intro to programming for me. Kept me entertained for almost a decade after getting it! Proudest moment was making a rubiks cubs solver. Accudio/1374358799478317056
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There's an interesting question here, where do you draw the "programming experience" line? That Rubik's cube solver program was more complex than many web projects I've been involved in. Is the fact it was in a GUI an issue? Mindstorms also had a text-mode, what about that?