Most programming jobs tend to go to management jobs anyway. Well, not entirely, if you're a "real programmer" in a niche they might pay you very very well and keep you doing "real programming" - if that's what you seek I suggest you to definitely quit your current job and look somewhere else, even if it means starting at a bitter salary.
But your experience should matter anyway, if you have your degree plus 2+ years of QA I'd say go for those job offers that require some years of programming experience... if you're confident in the skills you've earned so far don't mind bidding higher, and if you've done some programming tasks don't hesitate to put them on your CV as well!
At my job I know that a lot of QA guys in some teams have created amazing tools and scripts that help the whole department. If you can express that in your CV or in an interview you're as good as any new programmer that has done data entry for two years.
I repeat: I mean except for the paranoids... My ISP has never inserted adverts and I've never seen such case (except free ISP where you willingly want adverts or free mail etc.) And if they did I'd resign and start a rebellion.
And I don't send f***ing credit card numbers in plain text. Nor sensitive conversation for that matter. What I type right now they can kiss my ass with it.
So what? Why would I want encrypted connection to cnn.com or cracked.com or slashdot.com or whatever?
I WANT to be traced back... else I'd be posting via Anonymous Coward.
And if I were to post to Secure-Slashdot through Anonymous Coward... they'd know Who I Was with or without encryption if they wanted to.
I mean... do they really exists? Except for the paranoids... I've never seen such attack make headlines.
Point is: I don't mind people seeing me using my free net, naked and full of anarchy... I just don't want them to see my credit card number... and my bank uses secure HTTP.
Chicks always get bored when I score high on expert at Guitar Heroes III and leave before I finish a song.
But whenever I clumsily play what looks like a love ballad dedicated to them while being drunk on my cheap guitar with rusty chords, they always stay for the end:)
Seriously, I think it requires specialized hardware that can somewhat mold some surface into Braille. Or text-to-speech etc (but that doesn't seem to be the case of the article)
I have though seldom seen semi-blind people use specialized (big!) monitors and software that output text "really clearly" (size, contrast) so they can see it.
I must confess, I'm not really following what is going on in helping the disabled in the technology field, but I know it's been a big issue since at least one decade and I thought it had somewhat been solved at the OS / standards / specialized hardware level.
I'm kindof shocked by this headline... and also wondering what is the current state of supporting the blinds in other apps than iTune nowadays? Is iTune (pre-patched) the exception or the norm?
Actually for HTML/css/etc. (not javascript) and their intricacies, I've always went to MSDN (always found through Google) which had a very nice and comprehensive list of all dhtml elements and (believe it or not) told you which were compatibles with W3C or where complete IE fabulations.
w3schools is bullshit. Maybe good for teaching someone learning, but definitely not a reference guide.
I'm not sure it's still the case these days.
On a side note, what is up with W3C? They should BE the reference in web standards, but their documents are just so long, abstract and boring that you would have to read all day long to fit together all information you need. They should really release some good reference material.
"should be sufficiently different to my day job...". No penetration testing then!
I myself am into LaTeX, BSOD, backporting, deep throttling...
Fork the jokes... I think EVERYONE reading this summary had the same line of thought, I'm even wondering if the poster is not a troll;)
"... it should appeal to my inner geek", I mean... what are your other geeky interests? You can be curious, passionate and hack about anything... if you're like me I'd suggest you glue lollipop stick model of things and sell them on eBay - good money!:)
Slashdot Mirror
Can it play tennis?
Just displays the evolution of the PC gaming industry..:)
If I can't pay, I wouldn't mind to ... give a finger or two ... to some female artists .. ;)
... and if you got no books at all, you might just be Republican :)
QA ... QA-Lead -> Team-Lead -> Manager -> ???
Most programming jobs tend to go to management jobs anyway. Well, not entirely, if you're a "real programmer" in a niche they might pay you very very well and keep you doing "real programming" - if that's what you seek I suggest you to definitely quit your current job and look somewhere else, even if it means starting at a bitter salary.
But your experience should matter anyway, if you have your degree plus 2+ years of QA I'd say go for those job offers that require some years of programming experience ... if you're confident in the skills you've earned so far don't mind bidding higher, and if you've done some programming tasks don't hesitate to put them on your CV as well!
At my job I know that a lot of QA guys in some teams have created amazing tools and scripts that help the whole department. If you can express that in your CV or in an interview you're as good as any new programmer that has done data entry for two years.
My email recently got exposed to the wrong uncle! Please make those stupid animated love-and-nature Powerpoints stop!
I repeat: I mean except for the paranoids ...
My ISP has never inserted adverts and I've never seen such case (except free ISP where you willingly want adverts or free mail etc.) And if they did I'd resign and start a rebellion.
And I don't send f***ing credit card numbers in plain text. Nor sensitive conversation for that matter. What I type right now they can kiss my ass with it.
So what? Why would I want encrypted connection to cnn.com or cracked.com or slashdot.com or whatever?
I WANT to be traced back ... else I'd be posting via Anonymous Coward.
And if I were to post to Secure-Slashdot through Anonymous Coward ... they'd know Who I Was with or without encryption if they wanted to.
I mean ... do they really exists? Except for the paranoids ... I've never seen such attack make headlines.
Point is: I don't mind people seeing me using my free net, naked and full of anarchy ... I just don't want them to see my credit card number ... and my bank uses secure HTTP.
oh man, if you'd seen what lays under some websites, you'd be surprised as how it's not encrypting the transmission that is computationally expensive.
Chicks always get bored when I score high on expert at Guitar Heroes III and leave before I finish a song.
But whenever I clumsily play what looks like a love ballad dedicated to them while being drunk on my cheap guitar with rusty chords, they always stay for the end :)
If the polarity gets reversed, please DO cross the beams!!!
Millions of citizen suddenly awake from hypnosis ... naked, wandering the streets, iPods covering their genitalia.
Everyone's blushing as they throw their devices to the trash.
I hate being modded Insightful on Idle ;) Gives me bad Karma.. at least I live in Katmandu.
That I can't afford but give you some Alexander Robotnick ProblÃmes d'Amour lyrics in reply: ... wait, I can't find them.
Never leave your laptop on top of your car when carrying other things home!
What, did you think this thing was portable?
/. IT Tits?! damn many of my male co-workers have this..
Of course for me it's all muscles! :)
I'm sure glad we're from an alien colonization, 'else we'd be all almost this old too =)
Yeah, blind people can see dots but not text =)
Seriously, I think it requires specialized hardware that can somewhat mold some surface into Braille. Or text-to-speech etc (but that doesn't seem to be the case of the article)
I have though seldom seen semi-blind people use specialized (big!) monitors and software that output text "really clearly" (size, contrast) so they can see it.
I must confess, I'm not really following what is going on in helping the disabled in the technology field, but I know it's been a big issue since at least one decade and I thought it had somewhat been solved at the OS / standards / specialized hardware level.
I'm kindof shocked by this headline ... and also wondering what is the current state of supporting the blinds in other apps than iTune nowadays? Is iTune (pre-patched) the exception or the norm?
Actually for HTML/css/etc. (not javascript) and their intricacies, I've always went to MSDN (always found through Google) which had a very nice and comprehensive list of all dhtml elements and (believe it or not) told you which were compatibles with W3C or where complete IE fabulations.
w3schools is bullshit. Maybe good for teaching someone learning, but definitely not a reference guide.
I'm not sure it's still the case these days.
On a side note, what is up with W3C? They should BE the reference in web standards, but their documents are just so long, abstract and boring that you would have to read all day long to fit together all information you need. They should really release some good reference material.
experts-exchange.com
*ducks*
"should be sufficiently different to my day job ...". No penetration testing then!
I myself am into LaTeX, BSOD, backporting, deep throttling ...
Fork the jokes ... I think EVERYONE reading this summary had the same line of thought, I'm even wondering if the poster is not a troll ;)
"... it should appeal to my inner geek", I mean ... what are your other geeky interests? You can be curious, passionate and hack about anything ... if you're like me I'd suggest you glue lollipop stick model of things and sell them on eBay - good money! :)
to kill in pursuit of their experiment, including rats, pigs, sheeps, and possibly even human beings one day.
As one of the lead researcher said, "once we are able to manufacture bigger brushes, there's no way telling the limits of this technology!"
hackers wearing hats. REAL hackers have fuzzy hair in plain sight.
And real hackers don't go to the barbershop. They simply insert their head in their computer system once a month.
what, seriously, are you doing with 10GB of RAM?