Man inputting stuff in this site is a trial! Won't bother commenting again...
How the hell do you add whitespace formatting?! OMG.
Now I must friggin wait! Who designed these interactions?!
OK, now it's got a timer. At least I now know when I can click submit and go take a shit.
Need to decide what you want first: do you want language training programme to land you the next job, or an education to last you a whole career?
If you want to join faceless, replaceable, assembly-line coders belching out reams of cookie-cutter flavor-of-the-month, go with the language training program.
If you want the *chance* to ascend that race, and create something new and valuable, you'll need to first learn how to think.
As someone who has been responsible for hiring, I have no interest in employing the first category of developers.
Real value is in doing something never done before, and for that you'll need to be able to think independently. The implementation details, such as choice of problem domain appropriate language, will be up to you -- so you'd better know more than one, and it better not take more than a week to get functional in it.
Moreover, if you intend to be promoted beyond coding some day, you'll need other skills besides Java.
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Man inputting stuff in this site is a trial! Won't bother commenting again...
How the hell do you add whitespace formatting?! OMG. Now I must friggin wait! Who designed these interactions?! OK, now it's got a timer. At least I now know when I can click submit and go take a shit.
Need to decide what you want first: do you want language training programme to land you the next job, or an education to last you a whole career? If you want to join faceless, replaceable, assembly-line coders belching out reams of cookie-cutter flavor-of-the-month, go with the language training program. If you want the *chance* to ascend that race, and create something new and valuable, you'll need to first learn how to think. As someone who has been responsible for hiring, I have no interest in employing the first category of developers. Real value is in doing something never done before, and for that you'll need to be able to think independently. The implementation details, such as choice of problem domain appropriate language, will be up to you -- so you'd better know more than one, and it better not take more than a week to get functional in it. Moreover, if you intend to be promoted beyond coding some day, you'll need other skills besides Java.