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What does everypony here do may I ask? Career/education etc...
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:04:04 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 2nd year at university for software engineering.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:04:52 UTC from web -
@purplephish20 College hopped between Systems Engineering and Computer Science. I now work as a software developer (what I always actually wanted to do since I was 12).
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:06:20 UTC from web-
@primesonic @yodelerty Wow... 2 things very simelar to what I had in mind, what's it like having computing and software as a career/student course? I had it in mind to start a college course on it, but got talked out of it in favor of a food job... That I've now grown to resent
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:08:51 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 I dunno. It's difficult, I guess. I'm having a bit of trouble at the moment wrapping my head around certain aspects of programming languages, but I do it because I enjoy learning how programs and software work and because I know it will pay off in the end.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:11:50 UTC from web-
@yodelerty @primesonic @nerthos sorry about the slow reply as I had to go, but thanks for the responses, I'm just trying to figure out what to do in my life... And a dead end job flipping burgers and making sandwiches won't cut it...
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:47:14 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 Go back to school?
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@ceruleanspark I'm currently sorting out my maths and English g.c.s.e's at college if that counts?
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:50:48 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 Yeah, that's somehing just to have some money while studying a real career. If there's an ability you have, you should exploit it. But beware about working with something you always saw as a hobby, you'll enjoy it lots at first, but in no time the magic of it will burn, and your hands will be covered in the ashes of what you once loved.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:50:50 UTC from web-
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:52:08 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 I just warn people before they lose money just to destroy something they like xD
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:53:46 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 Trying to better yourself or get into a more promising carrier is a noble thing. And don't think "burger flipping" is that big of a dead end. Most of the management in these places comes from people that rose through the ranks from insane. Still, the best thing you can do is try to find work in something you love doing. If you can achieve that, you basically win.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:53:20 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 I mostly code web apps and desktop software to fulfill some need of the company. Honestly, software development isn't for everyone. You've got to be a little bit crazy about it if you're serious about working on code for potentially 8-9 hours a day. I will say that while you can learn good practices and solid theory in the classroom, coding is one of those things you learn ten times more by doing it than by having someone talk about doing it. (Reason why I'm not in college anymore)
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:12:42 UTC from web-
@primesonic One of the reasons I hate my current software engineering course at school is because every assignment they give us says "write this program the way we showed you in class". I try to say "my way is better" but the damn instructors insist on docking me marks for straying from the "proper method" which makes no goddamn sense at all.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:24:24 UTC from web-
@yodelerty Write both. Test them. Benchmark. If yours uses less resources, they'll have to shut up or risk ridicule in front of all the class.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:26:34 UTC from web-
@nerthos Don't think that a little thing like "facts" and "efficiency" will get in the way of a good argument from authority. Likely, everyone in the class already ridicules them behind their backs, but you can't really say anything since they are the gatekeepers, the ones filing the test scores.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:50:21 UTC from web-
@primesonic Well, the best thing to do is always being friends with the higher authority. And then work them to hate what you hate.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:52:57 UTC from web-
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:55:40 UTC from web
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@primesonic In fact, I greatly enjoy doing that. It's kind of a sport for me righ now.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 13:04:06 UTC from web-
@nerthos *right
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 13:04:16 UTC from web
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@yodelerty That's usually what happens when you put mathematicians in charge of a programming class. These are the same teachers that never really worked on this stuff in the professional world, only the academic world. I know your pain all too well. Usually, the only options are sucking it up and graduating quickly, appealing to a higher authority by reporting their bs, or leaving. It's not a situation I care to go back to, which is one of the reasons I left school and continued working in the field.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:29:42 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 Never let yourself be talked out of something you want. Even if it ends up failing miserably, you'll be the only one to blame, and will be able to deal with it. Much better than to be traumatized by "I was such an idiot listening to that guy"
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:12:43 UTC from web
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@purplephish20 I mostly deal with drunken brawl and petty thievery, been too long since we had a good bandit raid- IMEAN I usually work with electric or electronic stuff, repairing, modyfing, etc. Also general fixes at homes and such. That for some money, and most of the time I'm studying electronic engineering at the uni.
Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:09:12 UTC from web
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