OK, so lets say I follow your logic, what is it left to do, since I do not like PM work, besides being a manager? Cause I really do not see any more options to advance, unless I completely change career, as in sales men or whatever.
I do have an important question though: how did you come to begin programming? I am unfamiliar with what would have been available paths back in those days. Did you get a degree via courses in logic and mathematics? Trade school? Taught yourself? Mentored?
When kid my mother got me into a LOGO class. I liked it very much, got a TI994/A. Got an IBM PC, an older friend tought me BASIC. Then I started learning by myself most of the languages and all.
I believe Pascal is closest to a procedural language and Delphi is the object oriented equivalent? So that's a somewhat diverse start.
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In today's economy? Why not make two resumes: PM and Programmer. If PM skills pay the bills, hop on it and work on programming as a side hobby. If the right Programmer position comes up and the pay is good, consider it but don't set yourself up for failure or take too large a risk if your home/dependents/nestegg are at stake.
That is what I have done so far, but I really do not like PM work.
Thanks for your comments.
Thanks. I have thought of this myself. Buy I also feel like I won't be able to do the best design, if I do not have a basic understanding of the technologies involved. Maybe I'm wrong. So, while I would love to do web architecture design, I steel feel the need to know.
Thanks. But when I asked the question, it was intended to be more like, "if i start learning web dev now, would I have a use for it"? And I ask because of the things said so far, being too expensive, etc.
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Internally the SX had 32bits, only the data bus was 16 bits.
Cool, I would send you my resume ;)
OK, so lets say I follow your logic, what is it left to do, since I do not like PM work, besides being a manager? Cause I really do not see any more options to advance, unless I completely change career, as in sales men or whatever.
But how do you handle PM work without knowing the inner languages? I mean, I have done it, but I feel I'm at a disadvantage.
I do have an important question though: how did you come to begin programming? I am unfamiliar with what would have been available paths back in those days. Did you get a degree via courses in logic and mathematics? Trade school? Taught yourself? Mentored?
When kid my mother got me into a LOGO class. I liked it very much, got a TI994/A. Got an IBM PC, an older friend tought me BASIC. Then I started learning by myself most of the languages and all.
I believe Pascal is closest to a procedural language and Delphi is the object oriented equivalent? So that's a somewhat diverse start.
Correct.
In today's economy? Why not make two resumes: PM and Programmer. If PM skills pay the bills, hop on it and work on programming as a side hobby. If the right Programmer position comes up and the pay is good, consider it but don't set yourself up for failure or take too large a risk if your home/dependents/nestegg are at stake.
That is what I have done so far, but I really do not like PM work. Thanks for your comments.
Thanks. I have thought of this myself. Buy I also feel like I won't be able to do the best design, if I do not have a basic understanding of the technologies involved. Maybe I'm wrong. So, while I would love to do web architecture design, I steel feel the need to know.
Thanks. But when I asked the question, it was intended to be more like, "if i start learning web dev now, would I have a use for it"? And I ask because of the things said so far, being too expensive, etc.