Earlier today, the national psychiatric association labeled any non-conforming thought as an illness and has made their medication mandatory. They claim to know how you're supposed to feel.
Yet, it is precisely this that these new Psychiatric and Psychological drugs and treatments are trying to eliminate. However, by labeling it a science it seems the public has been fooled into accepting it.
I've not used the SSL/TLS functionality in Java/Android yet. But I remember skimming over it and reading clearly that you CAN use self signed certificates with no problem at all.
I wasn't a Java programmer, so I'm used to doing things, like, oh you know, programming. I don't miss any JRE or libraries. And when I do, I've found that there is a Java library for what I need. If not, I program it.
I'm developing an Android game, and it pains me to hear all these unfounded complaints.
For Android you typically write applications in Java. Java has TONS of libraries. Granted you may not be able to use all of them because the VM is missing things like SWIG. (AFAIK)
The API is pretty solid. I've never written a line of Java before (perl/c++ programmer) and had a working realtime 2d game with a couple of days using OpenGL ES. (Of course I avoided most pitfalls by researching how game programming is usually done in Java.)
Integration with Eclipse is solid. Of course command line control is easy and reliable. The command line tools and Eclipse detect when you have your device plugged in and routes log messages accordingly.
Java has a real good Thread/Message Passing model. Decoupling components is a must. Learning to separate components is essential in Android, and getting good at this is really helpful when developing Desktop applications.
I suspect that most iphone devs are simply greedy. Frankly, I don't want to browser through thousand of useless fart type apps, or yet another useless web portal application. I want a few key apps in my phone and games I can play when I'm bored and away from my computer. This is why most apps in the iphone never get used.
These devs don't want to create something exciting, or hard. They want to create something that'll give them a quick rep boost and money. It's not surprising that because the iphone has a higher market share, it has the most VCs helping the funding of applications. This is akin to the dot-com-bust era of funding useless websites.
However, we see that only good websites made it out of the dot-com-bust era. And these were usually sites that did something useful and meaningful. Because of this, good Android apps are slow in the coming. Without funding, and without a good system (AFAIK) in which to meet fellow Android developers and collaborate and share any profits obtained. I suspect that some interesting applications are coming for Android, but they should promote and work on the community so that development can be properly co ordinated.
I'm a high school drop out. I don't even have a G.E.D. Without any experience or connections I landed a job at MediaDefender through craigslist as a SysAdmin. My only prior job experience was working at a gas station attendant pumping gas, for three years.
However, I was always a proficient programmer. At age 16 I had already written port scanners, packet sniffers, games, etc. I knew C, C++, perl, html, etc. I also knew how to maintain a linux machine. (had been using Linux since I was 15, specially for a audio creation.) I was very familiar with package management and software compilation.
I don't think I could stomach one day in school, seems utterly pointless. I learn much faster on my own.
So, now after 3 years in the IT industry. I am now a full time perl developer for a F500 company making $60K a year.
Not bad for a high school dropout.
So no, you don't need a degree OR connections. You just need to be good. Hell, you don't even need a job to make money in IT.
Self taught are generally more passionate for computing, most students just want a stable job that pays well.
If you feel you need school to land a SysAdmin job, then you probably suck.
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Earlier today, the national psychiatric association labeled any non-conforming thought as an illness and has made their medication mandatory.
They claim to know how you're supposed to feel.
Yet, it is precisely this that these new Psychiatric and Psychological drugs and treatments are trying to eliminate.
However, by labeling it a science it seems the public has been fooled into accepting it.
I've not used the SSL/TLS functionality in Java/Android yet. But I remember skimming over it and reading clearly that you CAN use self signed certificates with no problem at all.
Remember that it's Java, isn't there a library you can download somewhere that can handle user certificates?
With a bit of google I found: http://jce.iaik.tugraz.at/sic/products/core_crypto_toolkits/jca_jce
I wasn't a Java programmer, so I'm used to doing things, like, oh you know, programming. I don't miss any JRE or libraries. And when I do, I've found that there is a Java library for what I need. If not, I program it.
What non-sense.
I'm developing an Android game, and it pains me to hear all these unfounded complaints.
For Android you typically write applications in Java. Java has TONS of libraries. Granted you may not be able to use all of them because the VM is missing things like SWIG. (AFAIK)
The API is pretty solid. I've never written a line of Java before (perl/c++ programmer) and had a working realtime 2d game with a couple of days using OpenGL ES. (Of course I avoided most pitfalls by researching how game programming is usually done in Java.)
Integration with Eclipse is solid. Of course command line control is easy and reliable. The command line tools and Eclipse detect when you have your device plugged in and routes log messages accordingly.
Java has a real good Thread/Message Passing model. Decoupling components is a must. Learning to separate components is essential in Android, and getting good at this is really helpful when developing Desktop applications.
I suspect that most iphone devs are simply greedy. Frankly, I don't want to browser through thousand of useless fart type apps, or yet another useless web portal application. I want a few key apps in my phone and games I can play when I'm bored and away from my computer. This is why most apps in the iphone never get used.
These devs don't want to create something exciting, or hard.
They want to create something that'll give them a quick rep boost and money. It's not surprising that because the iphone has a higher market share, it has the most VCs helping the funding of applications. This is akin to the dot-com-bust era of funding useless websites.
However, we see that only good websites made it out of the dot-com-bust era. And these were usually sites that did something useful and meaningful.
Because of this, good Android apps are slow in the coming. Without funding, and without a good system (AFAIK) in which to meet fellow Android developers and collaborate and share any profits obtained. I suspect that some interesting applications are coming for Android, but they should promote and work on the community so that development can be properly co ordinated.
I'm a high school drop out. I don't even have a G.E.D. Without any experience or connections I landed a job at MediaDefender through craigslist as a SysAdmin. My only prior job experience was working at a gas station attendant pumping gas, for three years.
However, I was always a proficient programmer. At age 16 I had already written port scanners, packet sniffers, games, etc. I knew C, C++, perl, html, etc. I also knew how to maintain a linux machine. (had been using Linux since I was 15, specially for a audio creation.) I was very familiar with package management and software compilation.
I don't think I could stomach one day in school, seems utterly pointless. I learn much faster on my own.
So, now after 3 years in the IT industry. I am now a full time perl developer for a F500 company making $60K a year.
Not bad for a high school dropout.
So no, you don't need a degree OR connections. You just need to be good. Hell, you don't even need a job to make money in IT.
Self taught are generally more passionate for computing, most students just want a stable job that pays well.
If you feel you need school to land a SysAdmin job, then you probably suck.
BTW, I'm 22 now.