| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/6/2006 5:14:49 PM | | I will be a programmer soon (I hope *nervously eyeing her schoolwork*) and I was just curious if there are more? | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/6/2006 5:39:57 PM | | I'm a programmer. Well, in my day job I don't do much programming anymore (director), but in my spare time I have a game company and do all the art, music, modeling and programming. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/6/2006 6:52:28 PM | Yeah I program. Thinking about taking more courses for it as well... questions or comments just drop me a message and I'll be happy to answer it to the best of my ability | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/6/2006 8:01:44 PM | I'm not technically a "programmer"...but I'm doing an electronics program at the moment, and there's an awful lot of code I have to write. If you need some pointers, I can send some references your way (I'm sure you've got the int to handle it)
--unsigned
bad C puns aside, like B said, if you need a hand, ask. | |
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Cyrix
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Joined: 8/3/2005
Msg: 5 | |
| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/7/2006 10:42:46 AM | | Computer science student here. Currently working with Java, did some vb.net, C++ and such. Call if you need anything. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/8/2006 4:43:02 PM | | Been programming for about 10 years now... mainly hobbyist graphics and media programming in C-ish languages, though lately I've been turned onto PHP scripting, which is nice. Hit me up with any questions you have! | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/8/2006 5:21:34 PM | #include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int a = i, b = love, c = cpp;
cout << end1;
cout << setw(6) << a << setw(6) << b << setw(6) << c;
cout << end1;
return 0;
} | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/8/2006 8:20:39 PM | I'm a programmer. I mostly write file system drivers and other low level stuff, but it hasn't been so long that I don't remember the school work.
Don't sweat the classwork. If you have any ability in math at all, it should be a breeze. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/8/2006 9:46:31 PM | | I started out programming when I was 9 years old, and first got paid for it when I was 14. Now at 42, it's been a lot of years since I would have called myself a programmer, but I still write code occasionally. Mostly these days I hire all the programming people I need. Or someone else hires them for me. I only code when it is something technically beyond the people I have (example: I recently recoded an AJAX class library). | |
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phos
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Joined: 11/27/2005
Msg: 10 | |
| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/9/2006 6:56:07 PM | Programming is like solving puzzles. Some are small and others are more elaborate.
Most of the college courses that I took I don't use (i.e. discreet mathematics) in the real world. I wonder why I had to take them.
My favorite language to program in was Java, but I don't program in that one anymore. | |
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donnti
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Joined: 1/27/2006
Msg: 11 | |
| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/14/2006 6:07:00 PM | Question here
I am going to be graduating this spring for Computer network admin and I have taken the MCSE course (still need to take the tests). I would like to know if I should take some programming classes. I have thought about some database management stuff because I am hoping I will be working with the servers. | |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 6:22:12 PM | | ^^^ Do yourself a favour. Learn good old C. Not C++, not Visual C++, not C# .NET, just C. It will be the best time investment you ever made if you are thinking of a programming career. It will give you a way to get off the MCSE career track when it goes sour a few years down the road - because it will give you some foundations of programming. | |
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donnti
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Joined: 1/27/2006
Msg: 13 | |
| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/14/2006 7:29:49 PM | | ok thanks I will look into it. I know at the college I am at now the only thing they offer now is c++ for the most part. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/14/2006 8:05:40 PM | i agree about the C ....... had the others but had C 1st, it helped a ton in many ways, but i'm one that had rather be burned at the stake than program...lol
good luck | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 3/15/2006 12:46:48 AM | Another programmer here. I'm more freelance as companies want to hire those who have degrees and I don't have patience enough to learn what I already know. I do mostly low-level stuff with x86 ASM and high level languages like C/C++. I also work with PHP, Bash, TCSH, KSH, Python, Perl, Pascal and SQL.
The only real advice I could give you is to learn as many languages as you can stomach. Languages are tools, and the more you have, the more you can bring to the table. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 12/9/2008 4:16:53 PM | Not really a programmer per se, though I have been reminded all my life that it'd be the job I'd be best at. I used to code QBasic. Now I just stick with PHP/HTML/XML/DHTML. Light javascript too.
I just wouldn't have the patience for programming. | |
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Posted: 12/9/2008 8:48:54 PM | | Programmer. Have been doing Ruby for 3 years. Prior to that worked in RPG, Lotus Notes and Visual Basic. All told, I've been professionally programming for 10 years. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 12/9/2008 9:44:10 PM | | Don't worry too much over the schoolwork, get solid on the concepts and learn what you need for your classes. In the first year working for an understaffed support organization, I learned more than since I first coded in BASIC. Your fluency will increase tonnes in the workplace. But a coder will sink or float based on concepts, syntax is easy ( there are books for that). | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 12/10/2008 10:20:05 AM | Programmer here as well, I use a bit of everything but mainly focus on C# and HLSL, though I do still write some parts of my libraries in C/C++ since they handle pointers much better than C# does.
Using what you learn from classes is a good starting point but it will not make you a good programmer. In order to get good at programming you have to apply your skills, absolutely nothing will prepare you for taking on a project other than experience. Practicing also should occur in the field your targeting, as example most of my game programming stuff was done in 3D, recently I joined a team working on a 2D title. They want means via a shader (written in HLSL) to draw outlines, drop shadows, glows, and the like around a sprite. All of those are things I did in 3D for awhile now, but doing it in 2D was a real challenge since I never used HLSL to do those things in 2D, the high quality outlines I do in 3D looked like utter crap in a 2D setting, had to approach it from a completely different standpoint.
I'd really suggest learning C# and .Net for making the odd tools you may need along the way. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 12/10/2008 10:22:19 AM |
Light javascript too.
I just wouldn't have the patience for programming.
If you have the patience to work with javascript, you'd probably cry with relief working with a real programming language. | |
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| Are there any programmers here?
Posted: 12/10/2008 1:03:46 PM |
Light javascript too. I just wouldn't have the patience for programming. If you have the patience to work with javascript, you'd probably cry with relief working with a real programming language.
Chrono -- Yea I probably would, as this has been said to me several times. This is why I made sure to use the word "light". If I was full on into it, I'd go insane more than likely. If I was gonna get into programming again, I'd want to look into VB scripting.
The syntax looks easy enough. Just a matter of figuring out the language and associations. | |
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