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Welcome! 
I am curious to hear the criteria by which you judged Code Project in the context of 10 other online groups? Was it because we're the only one with an alien (Bob) as our mascot?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Do you guys really have aliens on here? This changes the game! If had known that you have an alien for a mascot, I would have signed up immediately. Forget the other online groups! This one has an alien! I bet he's got one of those big heads like you see in the movies. I bet he even has his own spaceship. This place must be good if aliens from billions of miles away leave their home planet to become part of CP.
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Welcome Steve!
I joined almost 20 years ago. I asked a colleague if he knew of a C++ DB interface library for a project I was working on. He said to check CP. I did and found an article with code that fit my needs to a T. I've been here ever since, though mostly as a lurker. I got a little more involved when I retired 5 years ago.
The main draw for me was (and still is) the open, friendly atmosphere. When a question is asked the answers (and those who choose to answer) are trying to help and not just impress with their superiorority.
So, stick around for a while, join in, have some fun. Beer's in the fridge!
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Thank you for the welcome, FreedMalloc. Seeing as you've been a member here for twenty years, there's probably a good reason for that. What else could I ask for other than free beer? Over at GitHub, they all drink apple juice. At Stack-Overflow, they binge-drink cheap whiskey and exchange death threats. Over at HackerNews, they all get vanned on a regular basis by some secret government agency. Over at Hashnode, they struggle with Legos and share a fascination with small shiny objects. Let's see, who else is there? Oh, yes, and then we have Women Who Code. Don't be fooled. They use coding as a front to distract from their radically militant feminist agenda. They've been declared a terrorist organization by the UN, and they're heavily involved in weapons trafficking. With all that to consider, I think I joined the right group. Oh ya, I forgot about FreeCodeCamp. It's free because everything is stolen. That just about covers it. Have I missed any groups?
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Welcome Steve.
I joined CP back then when writing my tesis. I like the site and was very active. Then I had a break while working in a company that got me traveling A LOT and came back to when I settled a bit. I like the site, I like the atmosphere and I learn something new almost every day I stay here for a while.
About who I am... you might have a look to my profile (or any other ones here), so I am not going to repeat it 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hi, Nelek. Thank you for welcoming me. What you say is in line with what I'm looking for in a developer community. There's a wealth of knowledge and a strong sense of community. I like that.
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Welcome, Steve!
Steve Raw wrote: who you are, and why you choose to be here. What compels you to be a member of this community?
This[^]
/ravi
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Oh, you live in Canada? How do you like it? If I add it all up, I'd say I've spent about 3 years total in Canada. I used to spend summers in Nova Scotia. I stayed right on the beach of Nova Scotia's north shore facing Prince Edward Island. It's one of the most beautiful places that I've ever been. It's nice to meet you, Ravi.
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Nice to meet you too, Steve.
I enjoy living in Toronto, but I find the winters colder (and a lot longer) than the Boston winters I'm accustomed to. 
/ravi
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Hi Steve,
I encountered CodeProject over 21 years ago searching for something, can't remember what, and was delighted to find a site where I could post articles. I love writing but never wrote articles for the mags because they were always theme-of-the-month based and I just wanted to write! And here I still am!
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Wow, you're another CP member who has been here for 20 years! So far, that's 3 people in this thread alone who have been members for over a decade. That says a lot. It's nice to meet you, Marc. Thank you for the welcome.
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Welcome.
Me too, just short of 20 years here. Joined in 2004. Was passive for some years, before writing a few articles here.
Nowadays mostly restricted to the daily Wordle messages.
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This is pretty impressive. I don't think it's a coincidence that I've met four members who have been here for 20 years. One of the best ways to gauge the quality of an online community is to look at the member turnover rate. You know it's a good quality group when you encounter so many senior members in just a single thread. It's nice to meet you, Amarnath S. Thank you for welcoming me.
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Hi Steve, and welcome. I first found CodeProject when working full time, and it certainly helped me with a number of issues I was being challenged with. Since retiring I have become more involved and learned a lot from some of the masters here.
Steve Raw wrote: You know it's a good quality group when you encounter so many senior members in just a single thread.
Or maybe we have such empty lives ... 
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Hi Steve, welcome. I was a silent member for a number of years, but since I retired I have more time to participate. You chose well.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Thanks for the heads up, Joe. The nerve of some people... they have no shame.
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In tyhe first company I worked for we didn't have Internet access - only MSDN. At that time (2012-2018) MSDN often linked to StackOverflow and CodeProject, but we coulnd't see those results.
A lot of authorization and hemming and hewing later we had SO and CP opened. SO is what it is, and also quite useless in the fields I work in (it has been incredible for embedded Linux but luckily I don't reguarly work on it). And that's how I met CP.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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i do not recall how i found this site several years ago though it was most likely for technical reasons . i have been fortunate to have learned a thing or two here of some such use also it provides me opportunity to make a fool of myself which you have no doubt already discerned . also occasional intermissions of such chatter whilst keyboard banging is appreciated and affords some relief .
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Welcome!
I've been here since 2006. Got a lot of help with MIDI-related things at the time.
Nowadays, like nearly 16,000,000 other members, I mostly just lurk.
I check the news feed and the lounge first thing every morning: The news feed is essential reading. The lounge is a friendly place to hear what some experts/insiders are thinking. No surprise that I'm still here!
On behalf of all lurkers, many thanks to the CodeProject team for your help over the past decades! Well done!! 
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What a fun way to rack up those community points
I joined after signing up for the newsletter (recommended by my boss as a way to keep up with the tech) and wanting to comment on a Lounge question or comment. It's a great community. I've never seen a nasty response even in the face of strong disagreement. Opinions are respectfully sought, and honestly given.
My handle, cpichols is an inside joke in my family. I use it because it's easy for me to remember
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Hey Steve. I'm a ghost - a figment of your imagination. I'm not really here. Despite that, I'm the guy that'll pop in every now and again to annoy people and defend JavaScript.
Jeremy Falcon
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Hi Steve! Google kept referring me to this site 17+ years ago so I signed up for the newsletter. I really appreciated the wit/sarcasm in the taglines. (thanks Kent!) At some point I ventured into the Lounge and found a community of really smart people discussing really interesting topics.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Welcome, this is definitely a good place! They even accept a pure firmware dev like me (I've never touched C#). Lots of interesting discussions and helpful knowledgeable members. I'm retired now but I come here every morning to view the discussions.
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I came for the newsletter's snarky comments and the good articles. I stayed for the good conversations.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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