I am a beginner programmer. I'm studying for applied math specialist, but I'm not sure I'm on the right way. I mean, knowledge that is given us in university is a little bit out of date, and, it seems to me, that a lot of different universities all around the world have the same problem. I know who I'm now - i'm a student of cybernetics ...
I know the title seems incredibly vague, but I'm not even sure what to put there. I am about to enter the business world with a Masters in Computer Science. My strongest academic interests have been evolutionary computation, neural networks and soon computer vision. I was an ACM ICPC programming team member for as long as it was possible...
Hi Stackoverflow I want to ask a question on behalf of my father, a now 30 year veteran in writing software. My father works today as a self-employed consulant for a single customer, maintaining a 20+ year old system written in COBOL -- but on borrowed time. The customer already have plans for changing to Microsoft Dynamics AX within t...
Specifically State or County jobs. I've come up with a short list of what I think they are: Pros: Steady Good benefits Decent pay Cons: Not going to get rich Might not be the most exciting work I have a potential opportunity and before I make my decision I'd like to hear from any people that have worked for the government or kn...
Hello, I have spent the last 8 months learning as much C++ programming as possible from all free internet sources I could find. Though I work part time at a crappy job, I have been putting in about 20-30 hours a week into learning programming, and now I am a bit uncertain about what I should learn next. What I know fairly well at this p...
So I took a course in java for like two years ago and barely passes it. And have not yet graduated from college, so I'm running out of money to fund my education and I'm considering to just jump right into the market. And I got a job offer to be a java developer, the company is in the finance sector and it's an entry level, my guess is ...
My day job is a good one, but there are times I long to pour my programming efforts into something that benefits science at large. Something more than simply letting BOINC fold proteins and munge SETI data during my spare cycles. Is anyone doing this now? Are there any projects on which I could get involved? ...
I had newly started Android Programming. It is known to me that the Android Programming is purely based on the Core Java. Now I wonder that Is it possible for person to work on Application Development in "Core Java" or "Advanced Java" if the person is nicely familiar with the Android Programming only????? I mean if he tries to learn or ...
I just came across Tim Anderson's latest blog entry about MS' future regarding HTML5, Silverlight, WPF, and wonder, where is this all going. My personal experience is that I have never seen a WPF application, got a project enquiry re WPF only once, and have no idea where SL is actually used. To avoid the risk of having this question cl...
I say good day to you! So, having studied for a number of years, I finally had the option to gain the knowledge of amazing AI programming! Expecting to develop robots, games and logic to take over the world, my dreams were quickly dashed to reveal the reality of AI programming is far from what I imagined. Though - still having major in...
This may seem a vague question but as a programmer who self-taught everything I know about programming (By reading books etc.) I always wonder is there any 'correct' way of self-teaching programming. Is reading books and various articles on a specific technology and then write programs from that is a good method? Some of my friends lear...
I am a J2EE developer who has worked only in apps that "take input data - store in db - retrieve the same and display" types of application. To move to social media kind of development job, what skills/technologies should I develop ? ...
I am trying to ditch PHP and focus on .NET/C#. I think with PHP you are limited to web stuff only and jobs seem to pay lower compared to other programming languages. What is your opinion? Is there any other technology that seems to be in demand? My main issues with PHP are: The language normally never changes / it is simple to learn...
In looking at various professional societies the AITP lead me indirectly to the ICCP Certified Computer Programmer certification (and others from the ICCP). I had never heard of this program, but both the AITP and, more significantly to me, ACM have members on the ICCP board. Is anyone familiar with this certification? The webpage isn...
I am in my MCA last year. And wished to join educational sector such as lecturer . Simultaneously i need the flavor of industry. So what is the best option available for a person like me who is a part of educational sector but also wishes to work as technical guy. ...
I need advice about how can I work as a software engineer, when my current career is software testing. Is there a path to be developed from software tester to software engineer?. And what should I know to become a software engineer?. Note that I have a BS in computer science and I don't have any experience in software development. Thanks...
From my experience, I always find Java developers full-time working for middle/big-size companies. Is it possible for Java developer to find ones path beyond the enterprise? ...
I don't know if it's worth to change profession from tester into business analyst. Do you have some experiences with such transition? What are ups and downs of such move? Is business analyst more profitable? I would be grateful for any help. ...
I have one year of experience in programming. After getting laid off in cuts I managed to get a job in telecommunications planning. I'm good at my new job and don't want to leave it but I miss programming. I'd like to be able to code in my free time (which is about 4 hours every evening 7 days a week.) I can code pretty well in C#, reas...
I , in some way, can be called somewhat experienced .NET programmer. I know somethings about programming, I can write code, I can debug and fix bug, and, get a coding job. But I'm critically thinking about creating a true career, which is, becoming a serious programmer/developer, not a so-so coder. There're two things I think that I woul...