@FreshFromATL @JT-Money
Any advice ya'll might have for me. I graduated last year (majored in information systems), got a gig in this development program with a fortune 500 right after graduation. Basically you spend a year in two different roles at two diff. locations before your "final" placement in the company. So for my first term they sent me up north to PA and my next term really could be anywhere but likely up north as well. Honestly I'm planning on throwing this in the bushes and moving back down south this time next year, looking at NC right now. My problem is, I'm getting some decent experience with this company..in a project mgt. role now, no idea what my next title will be, I've got a degree obviously, but no certs. In terms of looking to relocate, what kind of jobs might I qualify for? Mind you I'm not necessarily looking to make this a career, I've got aspirations beyond IT that I've been working on, on the side but I do need to make sure I stay employed with decent pay until i'm able to make that full transition and def. wouldn't leave here without having something else lined up. If it helps any I'm fairly people oriented and my business acumen far exceeds my technical skills.
If you're in a project management role now, you could probably look into some business analyst roles once you move down south. Project managers oversee the entire project, business analyst are worried about the end product and making sure it meets the demands of end users. So you will be constantly communicating back and forth between developers and end users. You don't have to necessarily have strong tech skills as a business analyst but you should definitely have a good overview of different technologies.
@FreshFromATL @JT-Money
Any advice ya'll might have for me. I graduated last year (majored in information systems), got a gig in this development program with a fortune 500 right after graduation. Basically you spend a year in two different roles at two diff. locations before your "final" placement in the company. So for my first term they sent me up north to PA and my next term really could be anywhere but likely up north as well. Honestly I'm planning on throwing this in the bushes and moving back down south this time next year, looking at NC right now. My problem is, I'm getting some decent experience with this company..in a project mgt. role now, no idea what my next title will be, I've got a degree obviously, but no certs. In terms of looking to relocate, what kind of jobs might I qualify for? Mind you I'm not necessarily looking to make this a career, I've got aspirations beyond IT that I've been working on, on the side but I do need to make sure I stay employed with decent pay until i'm able to make that full transition and def. wouldn't leave here without having something else lined up. If it helps any I'm fairly people oriented and my business acumen far exceeds my technical skills.
I'm about to start getting my feet wet with MySQL. MySQL, Javascript and PHP will keep my plate full for a while
Anyone here a developer?
How did you get started and land that first gig?
i would say learn php and javascript first. with those two, u can write a program or tool that can be useful to a lot of people...a tool u would obviously sell.
mysql is good to know, but unless u wanna be a database administrator dont waste too much of ur time on that.
for those with a lot of time on their hands, learning a computer programming language is really the best use of ur time. u cant go wrong.
started at 17. bored one summer. picked up a book at my college library. started to read it. dude who wrote the book spoke in simple english with none of that mumbo jumbo a lot of these other books have in them. as a 17 year old that appealed to me. i honed my skills straight out of passion for coding. no schooling, no certs, none of that bs. i got my first gig when companies realized i was very creative. one guy hired me without asking me one technical question. he just saw my resume, and everything i've written, gave me the job.
with developing man, u goto be creative. my thing is, i'm a developer. tell me what the problem is, i will write up something to solve it.
u have to start off by getting a solid understanding of the UNIX operating system, which is what i use. there's an infinite number of information online for free on this. use them. and visit ur local barnes and nobles. go by the computer books section and read anything that appeals to u.Wow that sounds awesome. What language did you start off with and what was the book you started off with if you don't mind me asking?
u have to start off by getting a solid understanding of the UNIX operating system, which is what i use. there's an infinite number of information online for free on this. use them. and visit ur local barnes and nobles. go by the computer books section and read anything that appeals to u.
i really cant tell u to do this or do that. u have to have a passion for something by finding what u like. i didn't know i was going to like programming. i was just reading books on UNIX and the more i read the more ideas begin to pour into my head. and those ideas were brought to life with programming. my initial passion was system administration. but i eventually realized i only liked it because of the title "system administrator". there's very very little room to be creative as a system admin, whereas as a programmer u have an infinite amount of opportunities to amaze ur boss....or be ur own boss!
so if i were to advise u on anything, i'd say research the programming languages that are out there. find the one thats the most easiest for u to understand. go hard at it and master it. one thing i've learned is, companies will hire u very quickly if u know how to program well. it doesn't really matter what language u program in, as long as u can use it to efficiently accomplish a needed function. the "efficiency" part is where u need to be proficient in whatever language u choose.
if i had to throw out any languages for u to learn, it'd have to be:
awk, bash, php. php is the most marketable. with it, u can develop major applications.
Is there a website where it shows the problem solving examples when it comes to programming
I'm about to finish the Javascript course of codcademy and i'm thinking to myself "I wonder how I can use everything i'm learning"