I've been with Slashdot for a very long time and have appreciated the stories and discussions. Most stories that were political, fringe or flame bait would never be posted if only to keep the site technical and not political.
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I'm not sure on which area of programming you are focused, but until recently I was doing contract development exclusively and more often than not beat out people with Bachelor's and even Master's.
That being said, the reason I've been successful has nothing to do with intelligence or years of experience. I have gone out of my way to find contracts with Fortune 500 companies starting in 1994 with EDS followed by Blockbuster / Viacom, Sprint, Disney, Darden and other well known companies. I've actually taken less money to work for some of these companies because I know that people read our resumes very quickly and look for things that stand out.
Degrees over almost everything else are important if not critical if you are looking for temp to perm or contracts with companies that require it, obviously. However, you could hand two resumes to someone with absolutely no knowledge of programming and they will immediately recognize the names and form a strong opinion.
Another thing that I believe has brought me success is the fact that I decided in 2004/5 to focus exclusively on N-Tier,.Net, C# enterprise web applications. I've actually passed up contracts even though it might be another week or two so that I can maintain a resume that speaks clearly to a specific technology. The bad thing about web development is that it changes faster than Florida weather. The good thing is that if you keep up with the cutting edge technology such as Angular, SignalR, Breeze and anything else that is coming up you will never want for work.
While my post title, "No College for Me" may offend a lot of people, my belief is that you must do what you can to be marketable and stand out. If I stand side by side with someone with exactly the same experience and focus, they will get the job if they have a degree. On the other hand, I landed the contract at Blockbuster / Viacom in December of 1996 because I had just received a Microsoft Certified Professional certification in Windows 95 so had a large logo at the top of my resume. I am currently working on my (they keep changing it) Microsoft Certified something relating to developing applications. When I put that at the top of my resume I believe that it will again trump most if not all degrees.
On a related note, I went to Orlando Code Camp this weekend. There were 789 males and one scarily hot Goth girl with a mini skirt and some disturbing yet erotic tattoos. Damn, I'd like to see her code.
Yes. This is the last one, and if this isn't true and Slashdot.org will permanently resemble a wife married for 28 years with a fifteen year old son and a twelve year
old daughter so be it, I spent most of my early life without sex (ie
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Isn't that better than writing a curse word in caps? No.
Please tell me this SHIT,SHIT,SHIT,FUCKING,FUCKING,FUCKING,JACKASS,JACKASS,JACKASS beta experiment is dead and buried. Excuse my French.
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me I'm not dreaming!
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The ObamaCare web site is an example of Splat Programming. What is Splat Programming? Cut and paste from every where, run once and move on if it appears to even marginally work, and don't think very long about method or variable names. The most important part about Splat Programming is that you don't try to combine css or js files but rather just reference them individually via CDN and only change function name or variables that conflict. Most importantly, do not do any loading, scaling or security testing especially if you know that the test will fail.
The other part is Government Projects. You don't have to worry about errors and omissions because the standard government contracts do not hold the contractor liable if the final result is approved. Finally, unlike commercial projects, there is an infinite amount of money available to pay for years of bug fixes and upgrades.
Thankfully this site only effects a small percentage of people so there is really no cause for alarm.:)
I know I've been away for a while, but when have Anonymous Cowards been able to post stories? Isn't the whole point of Anonymous Cowards is that they are in fact, Anonymous Cowards? I'm pretty sure Slashdot doesn't work for the BAD so create an account and post like you have some balls. Unless you are afraid of Rock Star programmers, in which case I understand. I myself subscribe to the John Nash school of genius, stay on this side only long enough to accomplish your objective. Most people will leave you alone when you go home.
In 2005 I was a successful vb developer having lived and breathed basic since my freshman year in hs 1980.
A funny story:
It was 1988, my mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory was pestering me over using QuickBasic 4.5 versus Borland Turbo C. He wrote two programs that compared the efficiency of each language and showed me the results. The C guys would tell you the results. Well when I looked at the code:
Keep in mind I'm using C# so it isn't C but to a VB programmer it looks as insane:
for (int i = 0; i
{
Console.WriteLine(i.ToString());
}
Please don't flame me on code mistakes, I'm not being paid to code right now and 3/4 through a beautiful Coors 9/16Oz pack.
When the ASP.Net Bible came out with only C# code for.Net 3.5, I realized that I needed to take a second look.
I can promise you this, If you take the plunge on C# and even come close to mastering the art of enterprise C# /.Net Development, you will never want for work.
C# kenobi your are my only hope. To all of the VB.Net developers out there who disagree, I say, "i++"
"The only thing worse then existing, Is not existing"
I worked as a desktop tech for one of the largest telecom companies in the United States. My job was to support all of the remote CO's in their territory.
The redundancy of the Internet and our total telcom infrastructure is a myth. There are three locations in my state alone that would probably take out Southeastern United States.
While some of you might think I'm be careless by posting with my real slashdot account I actually wouldn't mind getting a call from Homeland Security.
There are about thirty locations in the US right now that are completely unguarded and for all intents and purpose an easy target. The good news is that it would take about thirty seconds for those in the agency I can't mention to realize a critical junction in our infrastructure has been compromised. Still you could time them all to go of at the same time.
What me worry?
I have to start by saying that I am extremely biased. Even though it is only a few hours away, my wife won't let me visit the Edison museum in Fort Myers for fear I would burn it down.
However Edison was a truly dispicable man. You can say what you want about Gates, Jobs, Elison, Zuckerburg and others but they are businessmen and often nasty businessmen.
Edison spent years trying to discredit A/C including killing animals as large as an elephant.*
One of his inventions was the electric chair which by it's very design is a device to kill.**
The nascent movie business actually pulled up stakes and moved 3000 miles to a little CA town called Hollywood because Edison's thugs would destroy any film or equipment being used for movie making unless he got a cut.***
I could go on but I think I'm getting a tad emotionally attached to this post. I think all of us are. Have you ever seen so many four and fives?
Slashdot Mirror
I've been with Slashdot for a very long time and have appreciated the stories and discussions. Most stories that were political, fringe or flame bait would never be posted if only to keep the site technical and not political.
This story has no place on Slashdot, and throwing Statistician into the title doesn't make it anymore relevant to what Slashdot is supposed to be about. Please remove my user and all of my information.
Good by and good riddance.
I was going to reply then realized it was an Anonymous Coward. Is it me or are there a lot more Anonymous Cowards inside and outside Slashdot.org?
I was going to reply then realized it was an Anonymous Coward. Is it me or are there a lot more Anonymous Cowards inside and outside Slashdot.org?
I'm not sure on which area of programming you are focused, but until recently I was doing contract development exclusively and more often than not beat out people with Bachelor's and even Master's.
.Net, C# enterprise web applications. I've actually passed up contracts even though it might be another week or two so that I can maintain a resume that speaks clearly to a specific technology. The bad thing about web development is that it changes faster than Florida weather. The good thing is that if you keep up with the cutting edge technology such as Angular, SignalR, Breeze and anything else that is coming up you will never want for work.
That being said, the reason I've been successful has nothing to do with intelligence or years of experience. I have gone out of my way to find contracts with Fortune 500 companies starting in 1994 with EDS followed by Blockbuster / Viacom, Sprint, Disney, Darden and other well known companies. I've actually taken less money to work for some of these companies because I know that people read our resumes very quickly and look for things that stand out.
Degrees over almost everything else are important if not critical if you are looking for temp to perm or contracts with companies that require it, obviously. However, you could hand two resumes to someone with absolutely no knowledge of programming and they will immediately recognize the names and form a strong opinion.
Another thing that I believe has brought me success is the fact that I decided in 2004/5 to focus exclusively on N-Tier,
While my post title, "No College for Me" may offend a lot of people, my belief is that you must do what you can to be marketable and stand out. If I stand side by side with someone with exactly the same experience and focus, they will get the job if they have a degree. On the other hand, I landed the contract at Blockbuster / Viacom in December of 1996 because I had just received a Microsoft Certified Professional certification in Windows 95 so had a large logo at the top of my resume. I am currently working on my (they keep changing it) Microsoft Certified something relating to developing applications. When I put that at the top of my resume I believe that it will again trump most if not all degrees.
On a related note, I went to Orlando Code Camp this weekend. There were 789 males and one scarily hot Goth girl with a mini skirt and some disturbing yet erotic tattoos. Damn, I'd like to see her code.
Yes. This is the last one, and if this isn't true and Slashdot.org will permanently resemble a wife married for 28 years with a fifteen year old son and a twelve year old daughter so be it, I spent most of my early life without sex (ie Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back? Isn't that better than writing a curse word in caps? No. Please tell me this SHIT,SHIT,SHIT,FUCKING,FUCKING,FUCKING,JACKASS,JACKASS,JACKASS beta experiment is dead and buried. Excuse my French.
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
Please tell me the browser cache is screwing with me. Please tell me that my wife wants to have sex more often ( ok that isn't going to happen, I have a 12 and 15 year old) Do we really have Slashdot.org back?
The ObamaCare web site is an example of Splat Programming. What is Splat Programming? Cut and paste from every where, run once and move on if it appears to even marginally work, and don't think very long about method or variable names. The most important part about Splat Programming is that you don't try to combine css or js files but rather just reference them individually via CDN and only change function name or variables that conflict. Most importantly, do not do any loading, scaling or security testing especially if you know that the test will fail.
The other part is Government Projects. You don't have to worry about errors and omissions because the standard government contracts do not hold the contractor liable if the final result is approved. Finally, unlike commercial projects, there is an infinite amount of money available to pay for years of bug fixes and upgrades.
Thankfully this site only effects a small percentage of people so there is really no cause for alarm.:)
I know I've been away for a while, but when have Anonymous Cowards been able to post stories? Isn't the whole point of Anonymous Cowards is that they are in fact, Anonymous Cowards? I'm pretty sure Slashdot doesn't work for the BAD so create an account and post like you have some balls. Unless you are afraid of Rock Star programmers, in which case I understand. I myself subscribe to the John Nash school of genius, stay on this side only long enough to accomplish your objective. Most people will leave you alone when you go home.
In 2005 I was a successful vb developer having lived and breathed basic since my freshman year in hs 1980.
.Net 3.5, I realized that I needed to take a second look.
.Net Development, you will never want for work.
A funny story:
It was 1988, my mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory was pestering me over using QuickBasic 4.5 versus Borland Turbo C. He wrote two programs that compared the efficiency of each language and showed me the results. The C guys would tell you the results. Well when I looked at the code:
Keep in mind I'm using C# so it isn't C but to a VB programmer it looks as insane:
for (int i = 0; i
{
Console.WriteLine(i.ToString());
}
Please don't flame me on code mistakes, I'm not being paid to code right now and 3/4 through a beautiful Coors 9/16Oz pack.
When the ASP.Net Bible came out with only C# code for
I can promise you this, If you take the plunge on C# and even come close to mastering the art of enterprise C# /
C# kenobi your are my only hope. To all of the VB.Net developers out there who disagree, I say, "i++"
"The only thing worse then existing, Is not existing"
I worked as a desktop tech for one of the largest telecom companies in the United States. My job was to support all of the remote CO's in their territory.
The redundancy of the Internet and our total telcom infrastructure is a myth. There are three locations in my state alone that would probably take out Southeastern United States. While some of you might think I'm be careless by posting with my real slashdot account I actually wouldn't mind getting a call from Homeland Security.
There are about thirty locations in the US right now that are completely unguarded and for all intents and purpose an easy target. The good news is that it would take about thirty seconds for those in the agency I can't mention to realize a critical junction in our infrastructure has been compromised. Still you could time them all to go of at the same time.
What me worry?
I have to start by saying that I am extremely biased. Even though it is only a few hours away, my wife won't let me visit the Edison museum in Fort Myers for fear I would burn it down.
However Edison was a truly dispicable man. You can say what you want about Gates, Jobs, Elison, Zuckerburg and others but they are businessmen and often nasty businessmen.
Edison spent years trying to discredit A/C including killing animals as large as an elephant.*
One of his inventions was the electric chair which by it's very design is a device to kill.**
The nascent movie business actually pulled up stakes and moved 3000 miles to a little CA town called Hollywood because Edison's thugs would destroy any film or equipment being used for movie making unless he got a cut.***
I could go on but I think I'm getting a tad emotionally attached to this post. I think all of us are. Have you ever seen so many four and fives?
* Jan. 4, 1903: Edison Fries an Elephant to Prove His Point.
** Edison's Menlo Park Lab Invents the Electric Chair.
*** Edison's hires goons to shut down movie filming.
Yes I know, it's now.