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# Geoffrey Van Wyk

@systemovich · Cape Town, Western Cape, South · Joined May 2017

Make it work, make it right, make it fast

[Website](https://geoffreyvanwyk.dev/)

### [How I got started](https://geoffreyvanwyk.hashnode.dev/how-i-got-started?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

My first introduction to computer programming was in the form of Fortran in a first-year second-semester module at the University of Stellenbosh in the 1990s. Computer programming was only one half of the module; the other half was dedicated to mass ...

4 min read · [geoffreyvanwyk.hashnode.dev](https://geoffreyvanwyk.hashnode.dev/how-i-got-started?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 27, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-got-started/6541a776e59f7fd27e7ff051)