IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Thats what I've been using. Much more useful than my profs sorry ass notes
Doing this PHP is a bit refreshing after Javascript, since it is much less complex and has less quirks and I don't have to deal with that nasty DOM interface.
here is creating a new element in javascript
var newElem = document.createElement("p");
newElem.innerHTML = "test";
var selector = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
selector.appendChild(newElem);
All I'm doing there is creating a paragraph element and attaching it to the body tag and inserting the word test inside that paragraph. I'm sure you can see how things can get ugly real quick. I can't wait to get into the SQL portions of this study so I can interact with databases and make things like a blog.
here is creating a new element in javascript
var newElem = document.createElement("p");
newElem.innerHTML = "test";
var selector = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
selector.appendChild(newElem);
All I'm doing there is creating a paragraph element and attaching it to the body tag and inserting the word test inside that paragraph. I'm sure you can see how things can get ugly real quick. I can't wait to get into the SQL portions of this study so I can interact with databases and make things like a blog.
You must be taking an algorithm design course. That shyt was
I had an Indian teacher and dude was a straight up math head. Had us doing all kinds of wild ass problems. I had bad luck with professors.
McTwerk
Dreams and Nightmares
Maybe a bit of topic, but anyone headed to Def Con next weekend?
606onit
Superstar
Is it actually feasible to learn C# (C-Sharp) in 30 days? I'm trying to get this cash up.
what's your programming background? if you're experienced in another object oriented language then you'll be able to pick up a shyt load in that time. if you're a beginner forget about it. are you trying to land a job as a beginner?
606onit
Superstar
I want a job as a beginner. Im 29 and I will be doing shyt in Europe (
....call it a professional 'gap year') til next year. I'll have some good free time too and I eventually want to come back to the SNAKES 
with a skill to get a career popping. I dont need it to happen in 30 days. I'd surely take a job as a beginner next year. I took a year of C++ but that was in HS
....I know how the language looks (like notepad with a bunch of lines, "if" clauses, plenty of commas/parentheses 
) so I may be able to dedicate some time to it all this coming fall-summer. 
Anyone do IT Auditing? Currently doing an internship in IT auditing.
Nah. Programming really isn't the field you want to go into if you want to take short-cuts because it will come back to haunt you.. If it was as easy to learn it in 30 days like all of these books and the such suggest, a ton of people would be in the field and it wouldn't make nearly as much money as it does. You'll probably be able to get a somewhat solid grasp of C# syntax in 30 days though. What does that mean? It means you'll probably know how to do loops, conditionals, learn a little bit about object orientation, learn some information about classes, learn how to output some data to the console, but that's a far cry from knowing how to put all that knowledge together and make a full fledge program.
Do a little programming and see if you like it. Give yourself maybe a year or two at least if you're going to go into programming.
This is an excellent read:
http://norvig.com/21-days.html
This dude learned ruby on rails in 2 months, but that's him going for 18 hours a day
https://medium.com/how-i-learned-ruby-rails/how-i-trained-to-learn-rails-e08c94e2a51e
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McTwerk
Dreams and Nightmares
These are also great resources I have used to help me learn both Python and C.
http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
Might take you more than 30 days, but overall excellement resources to start with.
I really like the story of the Ruby on Rails dude. I think I'm going to take a programming deep-dive and cut out a lot of my extraneous activities and really dedicate the next few months to mastering Javascript.
Disgustya Stallone
Man Who Owns 2 Microwaves
this is actually going to be a big trend in it going forward... audit reduction and analysis + big data can drastically reduce threats.. inside and out
Disgustya Stallone
Man Who Owns 2 Microwaves
you just described me cuz... joined the AF in 2000 was a 3C0... got out in 2006 and got hired by Microsoft as a consultant.. I just got promoted to Architect (still @ msft) 3 weeks ago. it's funny... i get my entire years military salary in 1 bonus check (1 of 5) now... pulling well over 250k w/ stock and sh*t..
moral of the story is it's definitely do-able... just got to keep at it