I hate having a numeric keypad on a laptop. I want the keyboard to be centered with the screen and not off to one side. I recently bought an inexpensive 14" Dell laptop because the keyboard didn't have a numeric keypad. The sales clerk tried to upsell me on a 15" Dell laptop with much better hardware specs, but the keyboard had a numeric keypad and I didn't want that.
Python and extensions have to compile to the same version of Visual Studio to work together. You need VS2008 for version 2.7 if you want to stay compatible with everyone else. A lot of people are still sticking to 2.7 for now.
Python might be a special case with two versions, 2.7 and 3.4, being available. Although people are encouraged to use the 3.4 moving forward, a lot of people are still using 2.7. The next version of Python, 3.5, will compile with VS2015.
If you wanted to compile the source code for Python 2.7 on Windows, you needed Microsoft VS2008 to do so. You couldn't use VS2010 or later. VS2008 is hard to come by and difficult to work with.
I went back to school to learn computer programming on a part-time basis while working full time as a video game tester after the dot com bust. I couldn't get into some classes because there were too many students in 2002. That changed in 2005, where I couldn't get into some classes because there weren't enough students. My final year in school was all independent studies classes for classes that I needed for graduation but the school wasn't offering due to a lack of demand.
Take a challenging subject, figure out what you like to do, and work that into your entry level job search plan.
I had a roommate who spent $25,000 to learn automotive design on the West Coast in the late 1990's. During four years of school, he worked at the grocery store. After graduating from school, he still worked at the grocery store. If he haven't gotten married to woman who thought a little further out into the future than he did, he would still be working a grocery. Now he's doing warehouse logistics to pay down his student debts. He took automotive design because he likes cars. Go figure.
As my college instructor told me back in 1992, a 32-bit processor has a 4GB memory limit and 4GB is all the memory you will ever need in your lifetime. Actually, to a certain extent, he wasn't far off. All the computers I use at home and work today only have 4GB installed.
For more than just a couple of us here, I suspect, there was a time when "Sparc," "UNIX," "graphics," "Internet," and "science" were all nearly synonymous terms.
I did a six-month internship at a Fortune 500 company in 1997 where every programmer had a SPARC workstation and a row of UNIX binders on a shelf above their desk. No one actually used the binders for anything, as they were just office decorations like the plastic plants. You couldn't be a SERIOUS ENGINEER without a row of SERIOUS BINDERS above your desk.
Before I switched my file server over to FreeNAS and a motherboard with an AMD video chipset, Ubuntu would automatically install the Nvidia drivers for the Geforce 6200 video card and FUBAR the entire Linux installation. The fix was to re-install Ubuntu. What a PITA!
But as one of the support specialists - the ability to wear jeans and t-shirts was a huge benefit, as we were expected to crawl around on the floor to connect or disconnect cables and had to go out to an industrial shop floor regularly to swap out nasty, grimy old equipment or service it.
I did PC refresh project where I did a lot of crawling around underneath cubicle desks. Jeans made the boys downstairs hot and uncomfortable (i.e., sweaty balls). I switched to khaki and the problem went away. Then again, I'm old enough to wear what I call my old man's pants (my father wore khaki while working in construction). The only time I wear blue jeans at work is when I haven't picked up my dry cleaning for the week.
I've gone the opposite extreme. As a lead tester for a video game company, I sometimes had to come in on Sundays. But I also go to church in the morning. I came into the office in my suit and tie. The supervisor on duty would often do a double take when they saw me, as I often wore shorts and T-shirts during the week.
When I worked at a video game company, the first signs that things were going bad was when management stopped handing out free T-shirts to the testers. And then they started charging a quarter for the sodas.
I'm just a passerby but seriously, do you expect people to not have a life?
If you ever worked in the video game industry, having any kind of life outside of work is strictly forbidden. Been there and done that for six years. I had one supervisor who told married testers that they needed to get a divorce in order to devote more time to work.
I do I.T. support work — help desk, desktop, PC refreshes, data centers, and system admin — that typically starts at $25+ per hour in Silicon Valley. The rent on my studio apartment is $1,400 per month. Ten years ago I was making $15 per hour and the rent on my studio apartment (same one) was $800 per month.
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I hate having a numeric keypad on a laptop. I want the keyboard to be centered with the screen and not off to one side. I recently bought an inexpensive 14" Dell laptop because the keyboard didn't have a numeric keypad. The sales clerk tried to upsell me on a 15" Dell laptop with much better hardware specs, but the keyboard had a numeric keypad and I didn't want that.
Python and extensions have to compile to the same version of Visual Studio to work together. You need VS2008 for version 2.7 if you want to stay compatible with everyone else. A lot of people are still sticking to 2.7 for now.
Obviously not on Windows.
Thanks for providing the links. Where were you when I needed help two years ago?
Python might be a special case with two versions, 2.7 and 3.4, being available. Although people are encouraged to use the 3.4 moving forward, a lot of people are still using 2.7. The next version of Python, 3.5, will compile with VS2015.
If you wanted to compile the source code for Python 2.7 on Windows, you needed Microsoft VS2008 to do so. You couldn't use VS2010 or later. VS2008 is hard to come by and difficult to work with.
Actually, the quoted paragraph was copied and pasted with that mistake from the article.
That describes 90% of the students enrolled in computer programming at a community college.
Someone had to roll all those cow pies.
As long as its in YAML, I'll be fine. :)
I went back to school to learn computer programming on a part-time basis while working full time as a video game tester after the dot com bust. I couldn't get into some classes because there were too many students in 2002. That changed in 2005, where I couldn't get into some classes because there weren't enough students. My final year in school was all independent studies classes for classes that I needed for graduation but the school wasn't offering due to a lack of demand.
Take a challenging subject, figure out what you like to do, and work that into your entry level job search plan.
I had a roommate who spent $25,000 to learn automotive design on the West Coast in the late 1990's. During four years of school, he worked at the grocery store. After graduating from school, he still worked at the grocery store. If he haven't gotten married to woman who thought a little further out into the future than he did, he would still be working a grocery. Now he's doing warehouse logistics to pay down his student debts. He took automotive design because he likes cars. Go figure.
You mean there isn't an app for that?
As my college instructor told me back in 1992, a 32-bit processor has a 4GB memory limit and 4GB is all the memory you will ever need in your lifetime. Actually, to a certain extent, he wasn't far off. All the computers I use at home and work today only have 4GB installed.
For more than just a couple of us here, I suspect, there was a time when "Sparc," "UNIX," "graphics," "Internet," and "science" were all nearly synonymous terms.
I did a six-month internship at a Fortune 500 company in 1997 where every programmer had a SPARC workstation and a row of UNIX binders on a shelf above their desk. No one actually used the binders for anything, as they were just office decorations like the plastic plants. You couldn't be a SERIOUS ENGINEER without a row of SERIOUS BINDERS above your desk.
A $5 word that a Google intern pulled out of his ass to impress his peers, who still haven't figured that the real world uses $1 words.
That damn Shuttleworth forcing broken software updates onto the hardware you paid perfectly good money for! String him up!
FTFY
Before I switched my file server over to FreeNAS and a motherboard with an AMD video chipset, Ubuntu would automatically install the Nvidia drivers for the Geforce 6200 video card and FUBAR the entire Linux installation. The fix was to re-install Ubuntu. What a PITA!
But as one of the support specialists - the ability to wear jeans and t-shirts was a huge benefit, as we were expected to crawl around on the floor to connect or disconnect cables and had to go out to an industrial shop floor regularly to swap out nasty, grimy old equipment or service it.
I did PC refresh project where I did a lot of crawling around underneath cubicle desks. Jeans made the boys downstairs hot and uncomfortable (i.e., sweaty balls). I switched to khaki and the problem went away. Then again, I'm old enough to wear what I call my old man's pants (my father wore khaki while working in construction). The only time I wear blue jeans at work is when I haven't picked up my dry cleaning for the week.
I've gone the opposite extreme. As a lead tester for a video game company, I sometimes had to come in on Sundays. But I also go to church in the morning. I came into the office in my suit and tie. The supervisor on duty would often do a double take when they saw me, as I often wore shorts and T-shirts during the week.
When I worked at a video game company, the first signs that things were going bad was when management stopped handing out free T-shirts to the testers. And then they started charging a quarter for the sodas.
Funny. I thought all the C++ programmers got replaced with every flavor of Java programmers from the community colleges.
I'm just a passerby but seriously, do you expect people to not have a life?
If you ever worked in the video game industry, having any kind of life outside of work is strictly forbidden. Been there and done that for six years. I had one supervisor who told married testers that they needed to get a divorce in order to devote more time to work.
And the snake oil salesmen in the Bible Belt.
I do I.T. support work — help desk, desktop, PC refreshes, data centers, and system admin — that typically starts at $25+ per hour in Silicon Valley. The rent on my studio apartment is $1,400 per month. Ten years ago I was making $15 per hour and the rent on my studio apartment (same one) was $800 per month.