It was on a black and white television at my cousin's house. Up to that point, I'd only ever played pinball at the pizza joint down the block. Unfortunately, until games like Final Fantasy, Quake, or Half-Life came along, most games are just antisocial time sucks. Ah how I miss the good old days - pong, space invaders, asteroids, etc. Guess I need to get me one of those 10-in-1 joysticks for around the office...
Thank you for admitting that education is not the end-all-be-all. Experience, at the side of a seasoned professional, is critical to anyone's ability to claim mastery in any field.
Imagine if Kane had called himself a Kung Fu Master right out of school. He'd get his ass kicked all the time...;o)
Like Jumbo Shrimp and Peace Through Superior Firepower!
Ever since I've worked at a large "technology" company developing "cutting edge software" I've YET to see ANYTHING resembling engineering as it relates to software development. All I see are prototypes that transmogrify into shipping products. I don't see good engineering practices employed start to finish, resulting in products that satisfy the customers' needs and generate a profit for the corporation. Security flaws - OOPS, sorry about that, we'll fix it in the next revision... Take the bullet for your fucked-up applications and THEN you can call yourselves engineers! Till then, try getting used to Software Developer or Computer Programmer, cause that's what's going to be on your business card from now on in Texas.:oP
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It was on a black and white television at my cousin's house. Up to that point, I'd only ever played pinball at the pizza joint down the block. Unfortunately, until games like Final Fantasy, Quake, or Half-Life came along, most games are just antisocial time sucks. Ah how I miss the good old days - pong, space invaders, asteroids, etc. Guess I need to get me one of those 10-in-1 joysticks for around the office...
Thank you for admitting that education is not the end-all-be-all. Experience, at the side of a seasoned professional, is critical to anyone's ability to claim mastery in any field.
;o)
Imagine if Kane had called himself a Kung Fu Master right out of school. He'd get his ass kicked all the time...
Like Jumbo Shrimp and Peace Through Superior Firepower!
:oP
Ever since I've worked at a large "technology" company developing "cutting edge software" I've YET to see ANYTHING resembling engineering as it relates to software development. All I see are prototypes that transmogrify into shipping products. I don't see good engineering practices employed start to finish, resulting in products that satisfy the customers' needs and generate a profit for the corporation. Security flaws - OOPS, sorry about that, we'll fix it in the next revision... Take the bullet for your fucked-up applications and THEN you can call yourselves engineers! Till then, try getting used to Software Developer or Computer Programmer, cause that's what's going to be on your business card from now on in Texas.