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I have a friend who want to do some study to get a better job.
He hesitates between nurse and web developer.
Well I am a successful all around (except game) developer, and I love it. So I advise him to got that way.
But hey, just like a thread a few hours earlier. Some people have very bad experience with IT.
So.. not sure whether it's a good idea. Plus I got the perspective of a senior developer. Being a junior is tougher.
Any tips? What should I advise him to do?
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If he is interested in pursuing development I would advise him to download the VS2017 Free Editions including samples and similar stuff and see if it gets his interest from there. Then he should be able to figure out if it is worth going after. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Yeah I did tell him to do that! 
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Wow that is a couple of disparate career paths. Employment prospects for a nurse are dramatically better than a web developer but I suspect the work is dramatically more difficult. A good, professional nurse is always in demand whereas web developers are a dime a dozen, especially junior ones.
But nursing is a vocation, web developing is just a job. He may also have no concept what a developer does and may perceive it as an easy method of work, disabuse of such ideas.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Nailed it.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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This guy has not done any research whatsoever and is just day dreaming. In Australia a degree qualified nurse is a far better career choice than web developer. The conditions and job security for nurses cannot be compared with any but a few web developers. He does not seem too serious about either.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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With IT, if you are not taking care of your physical workout routine, your health is guaranteed to rot. Non-IT jobs, particularly the ones in hospitals will require a lot of standing and walking. His health is automatically guaranteed. Dont say about the possibility of the infections, Nurses have far more antibodies developed. So health-wise, they are 
& with IT, you tend to live more in an illusionary world, you are more into the matrix. Nurse job is more grounded, & closer to reality. I think Nurses get paid well too, in Australia. So may be it's good to take this route, if he's got enough interest there.
Lately, I've been realizing the curse of the seated-job. Just wishing it's not too late. Kicking myself up to do some workouts.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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From a financial and quality of life perspective, nursing is the better choice by far. In America, one can get an associates degree and pass a cert and they're making middle class money. In programming, Computer Science university is difficult, it is difficult to get in the door, and it's difficult to stay in IT throughout you career. Plus, in nursing, you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant.
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Tony Foo wrote: you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant
I suspect you don't know a lot of nurses, while staying relevant requires less dedication it is still a fairly large part of a nurses life. The few I know a regularly attending courses to keep up with the latest techniques.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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And if they're a bit smarter they study a specialty (diagnostics, midwife etc) and can end up in high-end private practice or even working for themselves - have a sister that does private midwife (contract) - constantly booked up the next 9 months (and even more) and it's all referral/repeat/word-of-mouth business. (Toughest part is having to plan holidays a year in advance and turning people down for that period.
Also she has a lot of friends, many of them bored? want to see somewhere else? Work in Dubai for a year (crap life for women but mega $), or France, or UK, North America... - a good up-to-date nurse will have a job almost anywhere lined up before the email has finished transmitting.
Those that don't bother to update skills, after many years still back home cleaning old folks bedpans.
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No, but I did have a girl friend a few years ago that was a nurse administrator during the week and head nurse on the weekends. She never talked about training, but she is smart. We have a nurse at work whose office is somewhat near mine. I would guess he doesn't go to medical training because he's either in the office or on vacation/sick leave.
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"Plus, in nursing, you don't have to study throughout your career to stay relevant"
Oh my...so wrong! Where did you get that idea from. My mother was a nurse over 50 years ago and was constantly relearning. I would guess today, even more so with all the technology being injected into health care. Some good , some bad.
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You are an engineer or not.
Did he fiddle with stuff as a kid? Taker things apart to see how they worked? Make go carts, or play with mechano? Did he get into electronics, making stuff at home, or programming on a basic computer?
If he didnt do any of these he isnt an engineer and shouldnt go into software.
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Quote: He hesitates between nurse and web developer.
Maybe he could combine the two and go into tech support! 
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In times of the BBS there was this tagline that said "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway." If an advise is wise then it is difficult to advise and obey at the same time. 
So my advice is not to advise him anything. A responsibility for other peoples life choices is too heavy to carry on your own shoulders. Sorry to moralize early in the morning. It is well intended. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
modified 6-Nov-17 5:24am.
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Those are two very different careers! Nursing, as someone else has said, is a vocation and generally requires a person to work well with people - put them at ease when they're in distress and sometimes do things that you know is going to hurt them. IT doesn't generally need that level of people skills but involves a lot of 'engineering' type stuff like problem solving and graphical design.
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Nursing is ONLY for a people person. You have to genuinely love helping people.
That certainly helps with IT but I guess not essential.
If he is not he will eventually end up resenting the people he is supposed to be helping and the people he works with.
I worked as an AAC technologist (what Stephen Hawking, Roger Eber, etc. use) for a hospital clinic for almost 14 years. I was described as a "Left-brain" IT type by one of my profesors at school.
I trust that's helpful for your friend.
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November the 5th in the UK is known as "Guy Fawkes Night", or "Firework Night", and celebrates the failure of a plan to blow up the government in 1605 - clearly governments can really hold a grudge.
Traditionally, an effigy of the main plotter - Mr Fawkes himself - is burnt on a bonfire.
But not if you have really slow broadband: BT Openreach van effigy set alight by frustrated villagers - BBC News[^]
Telstra - take notes!
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More than that, he was a Papist!!!!!!! 
November the 5th, burn a Catholic night!
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The nations of Europe could always abrogate the Peace of Westphalia and restart the religious wars.
We could now have a three-way fight - Catholics vs Protestants vs Moslems, with the Jews caught in the middle  
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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And all the atheists can look on in dismay, just like we have done for centuries.
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I beg to differ; until the 18th century there were very few true atheists. There were quite a few non-observant Christians/Jews/whatever.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I dont know. I wasnt there,
But if I know British people, they are an irreverent bunch.
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It's lucky Mr Fawkes attempted this dastardly deed on Nov 5th. If the plot had been planned for the summer my neighbors would be letting fireworks off on June 21st even later in the night with the longer daylight hours.
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