Considering that I believe that the best way to effectively gain experience with a given technology is to work, how do you make the decision between "I'm implementing our next project in x because we need to" and "I'm implementing our next project in x because I want to/think it's awesome"? I get that it's about using the 'best tool for...
I know StackOverflow is related to programming and programming only. But I could not find a better place to ask these question as many people related to computers are available here. And I also know that my question is likely to be close, but here it is anyway. While doing bachelors, we need to choose among few like Bachelors in Computi...
I'm looking at applying for a new job as an Enterprise .NET programmer. It says I need to have Enterprise programming experience. I have a lot of .NET experience, but I moved to a different role a few years ago which is very much Enterprise, just not .NET enterprise. What .NET components should I be familiar with? Remoting, LINQ, WCF, ...
My son is about to start college and he is, for the forseeable future, interested in computer programming. He has already done some Python and some C. (But not a huge amount.) This summer he is exploring Inform and GNU Lilypond on his own initiative, and he also figured out on his own how to use apt-get and a few other Linux tools. O...
As a student who's planning to do a co-op term next year, I wonder how you're supposed to present a technical skill (a programming language for example) in your resume. Reason I ask is that my co-op adviser and I are already working on the resume. He advised me to include as much as I could in the technical section since I have no prio...
I am going to 4th and final year in my university. During this year all of the students must complete FYP (final year project). I am just at the beginning of the research for it and i am pretty much stuck. For past few days i was reading up on SOAP vs REST debate and I cant decide which protocol to use. Both of them would work for my p...
I am currently applying for a position and have been asked to essentially write two small apps. I started wondering if I should put some license on the code before I submit. I honestly do not keep up with all the different licenses, but know there are many to choose from. The question is should I put a license on the code? If so which o...
Basically I want to know what each of those title means? What would be other names for people who develop websites using php and mysql? ...
I've been a Java/J2EE developer for the past 10 years at a consulting company. Currently I'm stuck in a boring project with not much opportunity to do exciting things. I'm unable to switch companies due to my green card/immigration situation. I've come across a .NET enterprise project that looks promising. Is it a good move to try a .NET...
I'm going to be graduating in August, and I have a portfolio of projects that I have worked on, either in my spare time, or for class assignments. Most of these projects are games, which I either wrote entirely, or acted as the graphics/engine programmer for a team. I'm a bit concerned that a potential employer might not take me seriousl...
What could be good question to decide if candidate has strong or atleast fair knowledge working with Flex and ActionScript. ...
Possible Duplicate: What should every programmer know? I think many amateur programmers are here who are just writing programs, games, websites, demos for fun in their free time. I think many of them dreaming about getting a programming job in a company and earning a lot of money. I'm an amateur programmer, who code games fo...
I am very new to web development. For last few months I have noticed that, these days most of the high paying jobs are for .NET or J2EE only and not for PHP. Why is it so? Can learning php, MySQL, JavaScript, ajax, codeigniter help to earn high paying jobs like .NET or J2EE? I know that it is very argumentative topic, but I want to know ...
May get mixed reactions to this question but not sure where else I can get my answer, so, worth a try. Does anyone feel like the reaction towards software developers in Orange County CA is that of second-class citizen? When someone asks me or a friend what we do for a profession and ther answer has something to do with code, myself ...
Recently I got a proposal to take a position with Navision. I have to give a reply soon but I'm at a loss. I've been doing ASP.NET/SQL last years, recently ASP.NET MVC/jQuery. I really enjoy creating web software. Web thought pattern, design, usability it's what I like. Still, in the region where I'm located (Germany) it's extremely di...
Hi all, Not sure if this is entirely on topic, but it seemed just as relevant as questions about programming books, etc., so here goes. I'm about to be a junior in college, planning on majoring in Computing and the Arts, which will be roughly half computer science and half music. I've programmed in my spare time for years, last year go...
Hey there SO, I've posted this as a community wiki. I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question but the SO community has been a great help to me and I'm looking for a little direction in planning my career path. I'm a designer who really enjoys Web Development. I have an associates degree in Graphic Design but I want to change my c...
I saw some job offers for SAS Programmer. I hear nothing about SAS at my college and I really dont know what to think about it. Is it a niche programming platform like Oracle Forms or Lotus Notes? How does SAS Programming compare to Java, C# ? ...
Hi. Is there a globally recognized developer certification for Objective C? any tips on what would make me marketable in objective C/ Mac OS X/ iPhone development? ...
Hi, I'm a 20 year old Undergrad studying computer science at UC Berkeley. I’m scheduled to graduate in the next year or two, and I realized I haven’t really been thinking much about the future. This summer, I have been working at an University lab doing some small scale HPC/parallelism work, and StackOverflow has been a ridiculously awe...