On a serious note I was considering it:). I seriously asked myself what else I would be interested in doing if I were suddenly not involved with software development, analysis and architecture. It is concievable that more than one outsourced techie-type person may consider it as well.
Perhaps as this trend in outsourcing continues to develop, there will be a response with significant teeth to it from techies-turned-laywers.
I have had to develop on windows(in VB--ick) for years now at work. However, I have always loved C since I learned it in college. When I started using.net, C# was my language of choice, mainly to get the taste of VB out of my brain.
When I found out about the C# compiler project at Ximian I was excited because I could attempt to make the leap out of developing things only for windows systems and look at making things that could run on Linux and other platforms. Its a good bridge to the open-source ideas and now i'm even looking at building a Linux box just because it seems like fun.
Depending on the quality of the experience and the school, some things can be transferred. A friend of mine and I were talking about my possible entrance to law school, and how much use my engineering background would be. Turns out there is quite a demand for patent lawyers, which requires a background in science, math or engineering. Of course there is that stigma attached to lawyers;)....
I've found you have to be creative. If one closes themselves into a tech 'tunnel' they will simply be spinning in circles.
those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it....
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On a serious note I was considering it :). I seriously asked myself what else I would be interested in doing if I were suddenly not involved with software development, analysis and architecture. It is concievable that more than one outsourced techie-type person may consider it as well.
Perhaps as this trend in outsourcing continues to develop, there will be a response with significant teeth to it from techies-turned-laywers.
I have had to develop on windows(in VB--ick) for years now at work. However, I have always loved C since I learned it in college. When I started using .net, C# was my language of choice, mainly to get the taste of VB out of my brain.
When I found out about the C# compiler project at Ximian I was excited because I could attempt to make the leap out of developing things only for windows systems and look at making things that could run on Linux and other platforms. Its a good bridge to the open-source ideas and now i'm even looking at building a Linux box just because it seems like fun.
Depending on the quality of the experience and the school, some things can be transferred. A friend of mine and I were talking about my possible entrance to law school, and how much use my engineering background would be. Turns out there is quite a demand for patent lawyers, which requires a background in science, math or engineering. Of course there is that stigma attached to lawyers ;)....
I've found you have to be creative. If one closes themselves into a tech 'tunnel' they will simply be spinning in circles.
those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it....