Oh those were the days. 

I can remember very clearly at work showing someone how to convert from binary to octal and back again.  (its easy)

But I cannot remember why!!!    

Perhapes 1 had 0 to it ?

Fortran, Cobol, assembly code, Vi, BASIC .... things to cut your teeth on. Last coding I did was Ruby on Rails and Unix. Glad to not have to do it again.

My only formal IT qualification is a couple of SVQs in using the Internet and Email!

Lol.  That was funny.
Of course I've been a programmer for almost 40 years now.

OK saw this un on a survey site - What do you call 8 Hobbits - a Hobbyte

When I was a student, the wall of a toilet cubicle in the tower block that housed the English Department had the following inscribed upon it:

WARNING: Tolkien is hobbit forming!