Unfortunately, being a programmer is bit of a dead-end position in the commerical world. Many companies treat you like trained monkeys that can be shipped in and out.
That's because most programmers only want to act like trained monkeys, which is unfortunate for the rest. I encourage my programmers to something that lets them progress up the food chain; except they always come up with some whiny excuse to avoid being responsible for anything and insist on staying in their trained monkey role. And then they complain they're paid peanuts.
The other problem is a lot "programmers" produce horrible code but wave their fancy pieces of paper around.
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Anonymous2006-12-16 8:37
Many companies treat you like trained monkeys
The solution? Don't work for them and find another job!
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If by "progress up the food chain" you mean directing projects, can be done. If you mean "becoming a buzzword-using, Java-loving businessman of enterprise busines solutions", forget it.
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Anonymous2006-12-19 11:45
If by "progress up the food chain" you mean directing projects, can be done. If you mean "becoming a buzzword-using, Java-loving businessman of enterprise busines solutions", forget it.
Fuck no, if they want to become a buzzword-using Java-loving businessman of enterprise scalable web 2.0 business xml solutions gtfo of my food chain.
In the UK computer science is typically a vague and nebulous subject, favouring theory over practical application. This is as opposed to software engineering which is programming, you will learn how to make programs, end of subject. Which do you think an employer will find more appealing?
When I was looking for a job employers were looking for what I could offer in /addition/ to my programming ability. And they weren't looking for things that computer science gives you, they were interested in practical application of knowledge, i.e. engineering.
Bringing /prog/ back to its people
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