/prog/ is...

a pretentious version of /g/.

You guys think you're hot shit since you can make simple programs and all, but how many of you actually have programming-related jobs? Or how many of you have any job, for that matter?

You can't just dwell in your parents' basement messing around with programming all day.

DWELL IN MY ANUS

no thank you

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

>>4
XD SOOOOO RANDUM

I have a job, nothing to do with programming though, but i'm climbing the ladder.

It's a sad comment on society that employment is now considered the most (or even only) significant status symbol. I'd rather be technically unemployed but working on projects that interest me than running a team of Java monkeys for money.

>>7
implying you have social skills

>>8,http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1277121196/13
Please learn to sage. You're not welcome here.

>>9
Protip: part of having social skills is being welcoming and friendly.

>>8
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

>>7
Implying that you are actually employable in the first place.

>>11

you must be new here

>>10
I'm not >>7; you are an idiot.

>>8,13,14
All one of you need to learn how to read and fuck off back to the imageboards.

What did I do? ):

>>16
You lack reading comprehension. As do half of the posters in this thread.

>>7,9,11,15

^YOU HAVE ISSUES!!_!!

>>17
You say that like it means something the nth time you've said it.
>>10 tried to one-up >>9 by `teaching' me how to gain the social skills that they previously (in >>8) tried to infer were missing (in >>7).
I (>>14) then told >>10,8 that I (>>9) was not >>7 and that the exchange between >>8 and >>7 that >>10,8 thought was happening was actually not.
Now go away. I don't want social skills.

/prog/ generally has some understanding of the things they discuss, however.

>>19
the nth time you've said it.
No, >>17 was my first post in this thread. You are misunderstanding.

>>20
/g/ is quite knowledgeable, just not about esoteric programming syntax. /g/ knows more software (how to use it, and use it well, but not creating it), hardware, and OS-related stuff, all of which can land someone a decent job.

I'm taking some SQL database classes next semester. And that's just next semester for me. At the moment, I'm studying for A+, CCNA, and MSCE certifications. I'll take some classes for those in the future as well, though I probably need to get some Gen Ed stuff out of the way first. I opted out of being a pure code monkey due to outsourcing and lower pay.

I'm sure you all enjoy programming. It's great that you enjoy it. But will you enjoy your financial instability?

My uncle is a software engineer with dozens of years of experience, and he's out of work. He went to post grad-school and is very smart and very capable when it comes to programming-related matters. But people in India will do similar work for much less pay. Go figure.

Database and networking administration is really the only way to go. You're physically needed on-site, so outsourcing isn't a viable option most of the time.

Programming is a great hobby, one which I probably won't get too hardcore into. You're all leagues ahead of what I'll ever learn in that regard. But I'm thinking more about a career and a secure, comfortable future rather than what would be fun and what would supposedly make me intellectually superior to everyone else. Perhaps you guys should do the same.

http://boards.4chan.org/jp/res/5441430#5441719

>>22
IHBT

>>22
/g/ is quite knowledgeable/g/ is quite knowledgeable
Stopped reading there. I'm assuming that you're trolling, because nobody from /g/ even thinks that.

>>25
Fuck, I hate my keyboard.

>>24
IHBTT

>>27
NYJMUA

>>1
I am an in-house developer on a team of 10
My parents don't even have a basement

MESS AROUND WITH MY ANUS

>>28
NJMUAE

>>19
The problem there is that >>7 said nothing about social skills, which is what all this talk of reading comprehension is about.

you can make simple programs and all
You must be new here.

>>32
make -simpLe programs && make all

>>31
Running a team of Java monkeys takes social skills.

>>33
I lol'd

>>33
$ sudo make me a sandwitch
fuck off, rand(*)

55 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-18 14:22

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