Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Data-Hawk]

Why all the C hate ? I think it's good place to start if you want to learn the fundamentals of programming like loops , if/else statements, input/output , Arrays , lists, and learning memory allocation let's you know how most modern languages work behind the scenes. I'm probably biased though because I'm taking a computer architecture class this semester so I'm using a lot of C and Assembly lol. Actually just ordered some microcontrollers and sensors because I want to learn more about writing Embedded firmware and that's still done mostly in C

LOL. Now a days everybody and their mother wants to get into programming. Yet it seems like all of them are learning HTML and calling themselves a programmer.

I avoid the topic , I see it all the time on twitter now and it's usually from people who come from bootcamps.

 

[Data-Hawk]

Think I might of mention this before. Lynda: Online Courses, Classes, Training, Tutorials is a good site for programming & other topics.

 

[Thanos]

I wouldn't teach from C, I'd would go for something more structured.

 

[PikaDaDon]

Think I might of mention this before. Lynda: Online Courses, Classes, Training, Tutorials is a good site for programming & other topics.

If you have a library card you can gain free access to all of their content.

 

[KingTut]

Brehs who work with python, what's the best GUI tool? Making a bot and I really don't want the interface to be a web app.

And does anyone here have experience with R and can recommend books? I'm thinking of dabbling in it to create a lineup optimizer to go along with the spreadsheet I have a fantasy sports.

 

[Double J]

Brehs who work with python, what's the best GUI tool? Making a bot and I really don't want the interface to be a web app.

And does anyone here have experience with R and can recommend books? I'm thinking of dabbling in it to create a lineup optimizer to go along with the spreadsheet I have a fantasy sports.

I've heard Qt is a pretty good GUI library for Python.

 

[PikaDaDon]

Computer Science Demand Is Soaring Due To Tech Bubble 2.0

 

[dontreadthis]

Brehs who work with python, what's the best GUI tool? Making a bot and I really don't want the interface to be a web app.

And does anyone here have experience with R and can recommend books? I'm thinking of dabbling in it to create a lineup optimizer to go along with the spreadsheet I have a fantasy sports.

check out PySimpleGUI too

What exactly is the problem?



Sounds like you're a frontend developer. Not much success getting a job? Have you a portfolio?

getting to actually sit down in front of any employer for something entry level. seems like the market is pretty much inundated
I do have a portfolio on a site and actually threw that little Python jawn on there for shyts and giggles lol.

 

[dontreadthis]

DP

 

[Double J]

Android development is NOT easy. Your knowledge of Java and/or Kotlin, OOP, and design patterns has gotta be on point. Still killing it though

 

[kevm3]

Computer Science Demand Is Soaring Due To Tech Bubble 2.0

A lot of people are going to get spanked since these bootcamps are pumping out candidates. They talk about how there is all this demand, but yet I'm finding a lot of people are finding it hard to get their foot in the door. All of this demand is likely being fulfilled by importing cheap labor from overseas. If you're not above average to elite, then the tech industry can be pretty nasty. You'll work somewhere for a year, they can you, and you have to go bouncing around from company to company.

 

[kevm3]

I bought a beginner's book for C Programming and I'm really enjoying it. Code Blocks may be an ugly IDE. I love how light it is. I'm on Chapter 4

C is a great language if you want to get closer to the metal and learn about things like pointers, etc., but in terms of a job, I would say go for Java, Python, Javascript, Golang, etc.

 

[kevm3]

(shaking my head)
This idiot is complaining about a high paying job where he doesn't do anything


This shyt makes my blood boil. I'd fukking kill to be in his position. Being a professional software engineer is a very stressful and intensive job. Your brain has to be operating at its best everyday you come into work. Some folks OD on coffee just to be able to function optimally day in and day out. My college professor repeatedly warned us that we'd get burnt out only after a couple of years in the field. Having a well paid job without the stress is paradise to me. Seems like a bizarre thing to complain about.



What's fukking hilarious is that the hardest part of this project was the frontend. I didn't work with CSS directly as I used Vuetify (which in turn uses bootstrap underneath). It was a struggle trying to get things exactly how you wanted it to look. Backend is preferred.



Thanks. Did you get it to run?

Spring Boot playlist (He's an Indian guy but he explains things thoroughly)


VueJs playlist (net ninja)


React playlist (net ninja)




Put on what exactly?

Yeah I find CSS one of the hardest parts because it's just unpredictable and a nasty little beast... and then you have to make the site responsive and the real nightmare begins.

 

[kevm3]

My Java professor said not to use Quora or Stackoverflow for help . I am using every god damn source I can . Some people know how to explain shyt better than others. I learn quickly seeing shyt from different perspective. The audacity of this professor.

A lot of these professors are more theoretical than practical. You WILL have to use stackoverflow and other such similar sites. I think the danger is overreliance on it where you just go to the site, copy and paste snippets without understanding what is really going on and feeling satisfied when 'things just work', but you don't necessary know why. If that's what he was alluding to, then I can agree that you shouldn't be somebody that copies and pastes from stack overflow.

 

[kevm3]

Honestly, I think I might get into the teaching/training side of the things. You remember the old gold rushes? The people that got rich were the ones selling the shovels. There are simply too many people trying to flood into the industry and wages are dropping. The fact that someone could have worked at mcdonalds and then 3 months later go through a bootcamp and be in the industry doesn't really sound that sustainable to me. The supply of candidates will greatly outsupply the demand eventually, and hence lowering wages.

Or I might have to get in on the business side of things.