IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[el_oh_el]

You don't have to do well in the math classes I struggled thru linear algebra and algorithms

This is refreshing to hear as I just finished an algorithms class and a programming languages class and they were hard as fukk. Especially the math parts...

Hah, I know what you mean. Besides work, I'm working a Open world video game. Which involves me picking up Blender 3D and getting better at Photoshop. I also want to get back into Adruino, which is robotic programming with C.

Damn breh u doing basically everything I want to do. I wanted to get into the Arduino because I thought it would be cool to make programmable locks for my house..and unlock it remotely.

Yup. The unreal engine looks nice but Ive already dropped $1,500 on Unity. LOL

How hard is it to program a simple side scrolling game?

 

[Data-Hawk]

How hard is it to program a simple side scrolling game?

The hardest part is going to be creating the art work(The sprites). 2D artwork is very time consuming, next would probably be the camera code and parallex code( scrolling background ). On the brightside you should have no problem getting a good frame rate with 2D code verus 3D where every single thing counts. Which is why im glad I decided to do my own 3D models, you really get a good understanding of how faces/triangles hurt performance and how to keep the poly count down..


Here's a couple of tutorials: ( All of these can be done with the free version of Unity )

2D Infinite Runner


C# programming in Unity


2D Top down:


They have a TON of stuff on their youtube page and here

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules

 

[Data-Hawk]

gaming is what made me want to get into programming. I wish I would have stuck at it when I was younger, but oh well. I know unity has a javascriptish variant called unityscript, but I'll probably have to pick up c# if i really want to delve deep into it.

What's pretty interesting about the javascript world now is webgl, which allows you to program 3d in the browser.

Yeah game programming is what got me into it also ( Well Doom,Quake and reading up on John carmack ). I seriously have to make the jump to full-time game programmer within the next 3 yrs. Writing business apps is extremely boring. lol

 

[Pyrexcup]

so i've been testing the waters latley. saw one contractor job for google (not in it) and this recruiter told me he could get me an interview scheduled for next week. im abit tempted to apply but since it's only a 3 month contract with possibility of extension im not sure im ready for that. i don't live at home so i got bills to pay and shyt. on the otherhand one guy at work is leaving soon and i will be most likely taking over his role still 1st line support but ill be looking over our whole ticket system ect

 

[kevm3]

I've been delving into node.js/express a bit. Interesting stuff, but this MVC stuff is something I have to get used to.

 

[69 others]

i wish there was more time in the day. There are so many subjects I'm attempting to learn, and this is just in the web development realm alone. Javascript, DOM, jQuery, AJAX, node.js, mongoDB, css, php, mySQL. I was thinking about adding c# somewhere in the mix, but I think my plate is full enough as is.

slow your roll a bit. are you just reading and running code fragments or are you working on real projects. you best bet is to focus on one or two languages and a db and learn software development concepts like object oriented programming, patterns, some low level stuff, and even asynchronous and multithreading programming, unit testing and working with repositories, and bug tracking systems. once you good with these and fully understand those concepts then all you'll have to do is understand the syntax and how those concepts are implemented in another language and it would be way easier to go from one language to the other. trying to learn multiple languages as a beginner on the other hand would just get you bogged down in grasping multiple syntaxes.

another thing join github search for projects in the langauge you settle with and look at the reported issues and try to tackle one of them.

 

[kevm3]

slow your roll a bit. are you just reading and running code fragments or are you working on real projects. you best bet is to focus on one or two languages and a db and learn software development concepts like object oriented programming, patterns, some low level stuff, and even asynchronous and multithreading programming, unit testing and working with repositories, and bug tracking systems. once you good with these and fully understand those concepts then all you'll have to do is understand the syntax and how those concepts are implemented in another language and it would be way easier to go from one language to the other. trying to learn multiple languages as a beginner on the other hand would just get you bogged down in grasping multiple syntaxes.

another thing join github search for projects in the langauge you settle with and look at the reported issues and try to tackle one of them.

More than anything, I'm focused on Javascript. I do a little PHP because it shares a c-style syntax and is fairly simple to get up and running with as a server-side language, which helps me understand node a bit more, which is a lot harder to use.. Javascript in and of itself has a ton to study, because you can do both front and back end development with it.

 

[Data-Hawk]

slow your roll a bit. are you just reading and running code fragments or are you working on real projects. you best bet is to focus on one or two languages and a db and learn software development concepts like object oriented programming, patterns, some low level stuff, and even asynchronous and multithreading programming, unit testing and working with repositories, and bug tracking systems. once you good with these and fully understand those concepts then all you'll have to do is understand the syntax and how those concepts are implemented in another language and it would be way easier to go from one language to the other. trying to learn multiple languages as a beginner on the other hand would just get you bogged down in grasping multiple syntaxes.

another thing join github search for projects in the langauge you settle with and look at the reported issues and try to tackle one of them.

Speaking of that....damn I hate JIRA's..lol

 

[Sane]

Clojurescript, Haskell and Elm have all caught my attention recently. Gonna have to start getting into one of them soon enough.

 

[Data-Hawk]

time to install iOS 8 and play around with swift.

 

[semtex]

I'm employed hulk smashed the interview. Immediately got the job offer.

 

[Data-Hawk]

I'm employed hulk smashed the interview. Immediately got the job offer.

Congrats bruh!!! Get ready for those deadlines, the real learning starts now.. lol

 

[Hernameiscole]

This September I will be starting my data science certification course at Johns Hopkins. I am also in pursuit of my APICS certification. Taking it one step at a time, but I feel it's so necessary nowadays because advanced skill sets lead to the big bucks and in this economic state, I'm just trying to be great before 30.

 

[havoc]

I'm kind of disturb how many hire managers don't know the difference between computer science, computer engineer, and help desk technician responsibilities. I have seen so many employers requiring a computer science degree to perform a pc support technician job such as managing servers Why da fukk a hiring manager would want a programmer to operate a nework when he or she can get some with a network specialist to efficiently perform the job?

 

[havoc]

I want to study programming, just the basic. Which language that is popular in the field that I need to know ?