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It was PKE's fault right!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Stupid boy! 
Oops - I didn't notice Peter posted it... 
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You should not post before 9:00 or two coffee - whichever comes first
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Having drunk my first coffee of the day, I thought I'd better just say: "Stupid boy" wasn't intended to be directed at you: The character Pike in Dad's army was always described as "Stupid boy" and I misread your initial post. Please accept my sincere apologies if you assumed I was being rude; that was not my intention in any way, shape or form.
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Bah humbug, if being called a stupid boy offended me I'd have curled up and died many years ago, grumpy old bastard is closer to the mark these days.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My coffee mug used to a a big black thing with "OLD FART" printed on it in large letters. When I gave up smoking, I found that Herself had painted "GRUMPY" over the top...
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Or, in other words, a repost within 8 minutes of the original post.
The Eight Minute Leslie.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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KICK HIM OFF!!!
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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Somewhat related:
I had a T-shirt made with the message: "Experience: The ability to recognize a mistake when you repeat it".
That T-shirt has caused some affirmative nods from my colleagues.
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A contract I'm interested in states ; must know or will train you in Matlab, whilst I know what it is I've never used it - anyone here used it ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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It is commonly used in Universities and I did use it quite a lot there, but I am no expert. As a programming language, it reminded me of C++/C#.
Doing math related stuff was brilliant, with tons of different build in functions. Normal programming with functions, GUI etc, felt a little strange and quirky to me at least.
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Yes I have come across it often. It was generally used for prototyping complex numerical algorithms. So in image and signal processing it is the perfect way to test an idea. I never became an expert but found it easy to learn and use. A lot of new hires straight out of university were very proficient and this proved quite useful. Once you know how to use it you may find it is often the first port of call for prototyping so the offer to teach you is a good one.
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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I did use it during university. Once you get used to its syntax and environment, you can do amazing things. Simulations, predictions, optimizations are way easier and faster to do in Matlab.
While UIs are a little poor and hackish. It is mainly a "scriptish" environment
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I used it college, ages ago. Perhaps it's gotten better as the years have passed, but I found it both powerful and stunted at the same time. You could/can do some insanely powerful things with it, but things as simple as formatting output were unnecessarily complicated.
I can't speak to how it is now though; I certainly hope it has gotten easier to use.
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So here is the deal. I have 22 years of experience in IT, with the last 15 in software development. I'm up to date on many of the latest technologies and constantly learning new things (thank you Code Project for your help with that). I have recently started looking for a new job after having worked at a place for 7 years doing C# .Net programming with a hint of PHP/HTML. Of the places I've looked, I have found that they "must" have a B.A. in Computer Science with 3 years of experience.
Does my 22 years with 15 years in software design and development not count for anything? Should I go back to school to have them "teach" me things I already know just to have the paper that says I could pass some classes?
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Do you really want that job ? If not, just find another company.
I think there are many companys dont care about those papers, they just care about what you can do.
In code we trust !
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even if they do employ us. the benefit and opportunity will be less. I still think it is better to get degree.
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I have applied for some that offer "or equivalent experience", but seriously the position that I really wanted wouldn't even consider my resume because my degree was not in Computer Science.
Now that I think about it, I should have pointed out in the first post. I have a degree, but it was geared toward Law. I found that I really didn't care about Law as much as my mother wanted me to so I just started working in IT and have never looked back.
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if nothing stopping you from going. Just go and good luck. And ready to learn and do useless module for the sake of degree  .
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There's always simple solution.
Add to your CV:
i>"I sue people who discriminate against me because my degree is not in computing"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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