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Quote: Yeah, right. So...if you are so successful, why are you giving cr@ppy talks to morons in a village hall and trying desperately to flog your branded sh*t?
Is this some new policy decision you made based on Quote: "...I switched it, I took the negativity and ditched it!!!"
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"Motivational speakers": Obligatory Dilberts
You B@stard, I will now have to waist many hours reading all the Dilberts... Funny but dangerously addictive
modified 14-Jun-14 8:49am.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: "I was once a lazy depressed person etc". I took x or did y and now I'm uber successful and depressed
FIFY
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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You visited their site didn't you? If they get 1 in 100 hits to buy something then the spamming pays off.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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"How Does It Works?"
If its anything like their website it doesn't.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Link to the site ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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... 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond', one of the few side-long tracks I can bear to hear
Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
Carl von Clausewitz
Source
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Excellent song...love the whole album, or for that matter most everything they've done.
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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What about "Atom Heart Mother"? And "Echoes"?
Veni, vidi, vici.
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CPallini wrote: "Atom Heart Mother"? And "Echoes"?
Saved them for the next build
Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
Carl von Clausewitz
Source
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I think the CP house band will soon be performing "While my compiler gently weeps"
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Or Pocket Calculator by Kraftwerk[^] if your equipment is a little out of date...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Thank you, but my wife says my equipment is just fine
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I'm not going there! Not in the lounge...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Veni, vidi, vici.
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If only it were that simple
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Been there more than a few times.
(Leunig is so good.)
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Hey all. I'm just gonna stick a TL;DR warning here. I'm explaining my motives and where I'm coming from in the next paragraph, but if you don't have time for stories, feel free to skip it.
So, I've figured out that coding is something I really enjoy doing. And I've also figured out that my best shot at getting long-term employment somewhere I'll truly enjoy my job involves both getting a degree and building a portfolio. I tried going to college a few years ago for mechanical engineering, not really knowing what I wanted to do. I was immature and pursuing the wrong thing, so I quickly burnt out, losing my scholarships and good loans. Luckily, it happened quickly enough that I didn't get incredible amounts of debt piled on top of me. At this point, I've discovered through sites like Udacity that I really enjoy coding, and feel secure that a computer science degree is what I want to pursue. However, I need to build capital for the initial push through some community college to prove to the loan companies that I won't burn out again. I'm working at Wal-mart for now, but it's driving me a bit stir-crazy.
To put it simply, I'm looking to find out what area, possibly language, of coding I should be putting my effort into studying for now in order to get work, freelance or otherwise. I'm not looking for great pay, just enough so that I can sock some money away to get through a year or two of community college. I'd love to 'do what interests me most', but that's games, and it is a harsh world for a game developer. And when it comes down to it, I just enjoy coding and solving problems.
I'm hoping there's an area with enough demand, and low enough barrier of entry for someone with their programming basics down, that I could at least start approaching part-time minimum wage money within a few months. I'll take 14 hour days in front of an IDE over 9 hour days stocking bananas any day.
EDIT: I should probably mention that I haven't just been doing online lessons. I've created a number of things on my own, most of which are sorta partially-completed games in Unity. I've also done a few bits and bobs in Python.
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I worked retail while I got my two-year degree. Then my four-year degree required a co-op job.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I worked shift work in a factory making turbine blades while I studied. It was hard. Used to borrow my sisters laptop when I was on nights to write programs.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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First, Welcome to CodeProject!
Second, from what I understand, it's pretty difficult to get a programming job without a degree (Disclaimer: I'm only heading for my first year of college now).
If you happen to be really, really good at what you do and you're a quick learner you may have a chance, though.
I do hope you have a success story to share eventually
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Welcome!
Remember, a programming language is just a means to put your programming skills to use. That being said, you have 3 broad choices: Java (for the server and Android world), Objective-C (for the MacOS/iOS world) and C# (for the Microsoft world). Picking up any of these languages is not terribly difficult - it takes time and effort, but it's not rocket science.
That part that is challenging is learning the fundamentals of software engineering. You can go to school for this, learn it "on the job", learn it by building lots of apps that people actually use, or any combination of these.
Good luck and stay the course. If you think you love writing software, you've come to the right place.
/ravi
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If I were young again and just starting out... (OH! to be young again!)
You need to learn a language and learn it well - one you have one language under your belt, others are relatively easy to pick up.
But if I had my time again, right now this is what I would learn:
HTML5 / CSS Not just the basics, but learn it well. to the point where you can create a web page to someone's specification - and then change it easily when they change their minds.
Javascript & JQuery. Become a guru. JS programmers are 10 a penny - but few of them know it in-depth. Make sure you are confident with how JS works - 'cause it's a bugger of a bad language but it is ubiquitous.
Now you can develop an app that will run on pretty much every device out there - so far so good.
But you need to communicate with the back end sometime...
Learn sufficient SQL that you can create tables, store data in them and retrieve that data. Sequencing and filtering the data as required.
Learn how to write a web service that can use the SQL you write to get or Put data to your database
Learn how to use that web service from your javascript.
I know you'd probably like a "Use this language" for the back end stuff - but if it was me (oh! for a time machine) I'd look around and choose a product you want to build to showcase your skills - and choose an appropriate back end to suit - then learn the technology.
So you could use Ruby / rails or Python or (ugh!) PHP, Node.js or .Net - I would investigate them all and decide which makes more sense to you - and which looks more fun! (currently I'd probably go for Ruby but for no really good reason)
Similarly with the database - you could use SQL server, MySQL or Oracle, or even something completely different - but some flavour of SQL will help your job prospects.
Once you have most of these skills you are potentially employable- you might find some small company willing to sling some money your way to set up a small web app for them (or just do it out of the goodness of your heart for your local soccer team, cafe or whatever) It's always best to have a real project to hone your skills on.
Good Luck.
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