Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Regular Developer]

Chatgpt feels like cheating....

I've been using it more and more lately and I feel a bit guilty about it lol. Like even the variable and method names aren't my own creation and it just feels...wrong.

I was literally just coming back to this thread to give ChatGPT props, lol. I just had it put together a 100+ line readme for my project. Something that I would not have made more than 15 if I was on my own

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Chatgpt feels like cheating....

I've been using it more and more lately and I feel a bit guilty about it lol. Like even the variable and method names aren't my own creation and it just feels...wrong.

I may or may not have gotten a little ai help when it came time to do the coding challenge that got me hired. I was confident I could have completed the challenge without any help given enough time, but they gave me like 2 days, so...

I will say this though: I made sure to completely rewrite the code and make it my own. I didn't copy and paste the gpt solution. I refactored the code and actually improved on it. I did it more out of a desire to cover my tracks than anything, I admit. I was paranoid that they would put the problem into GPT themselves and it might spit out the exact same solution for both of us, and they would easily find me out.

 

[Regular Developer]

I may or may not have gotten a little ai help when it came time to do the coding challenge that got me hired. I was confident I could have completed the challenge without any help given enough time, but they gave me like 2 days, so...

I will say this though: I made sure to completely rewrite the code and make it my own. I didn't copy and paste the gpt solution. I refactored the code and actually improved on it. I did it more out of a desire to cover my tracks than anything, I admit. I was paranoid that they would put the problem into GPT themselves and it might spit out the exact same solution for both of us, and they would easily find me out.

Nah breh, them shyts be taking to long. If you applying to like 4-5 jobs, how i got time for all them code challenges? ChatGPT has to be used, lol

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Can I get a job with Kotlin or node.ha with a degree?

What would I need to focus on with a portfolio?

Would I even need a portfolio?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Can I get a job with Kotlin or node.ha with a degree?

What would I need to focus on with a portfolio?

Would I even need a portfolio?

Finished, polished, commented projects. Something CRUD-related but not trivial. Something like a e-Commerce, forum, and/or data visualization apps.

If you're going for an entry-level job, a portfolio seriously helps.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Looking back through my posts in this thread, and y'all...

I really stuck with it.It was hard, it was difficult, the hardest thing I've ever done in my life... but I stayed with it, and now it's paying off in a huge way.

I'm still learning, and I'm still open to any and all advice, but the fact that I can look back and track my journey in writing and see how far I came...

It's an amazing feeling

Anybody who's reading this thread and wondering if they can do this, just look through my posts in this thread. You can see how I went from knowing nothing and started learning and getting better and now I'm employed and making some real money.

If I can do it, you can too.

It's amazing

 

[Secure Da Bag]

 

[Regular Developer]

I'll be honest, i saw the screencap and thought this guy was gonna be a snarky douche, lol. But I'm watching the video now. I'm so glad I learned programming on my own and then school, and don't have to go through these courses. I think my head would be spinning from all the content. Plus, I don't have the attention span for all those hours. Massive respect to anyone who took this route. You're focus and determination are admired

 

[IIVI]

RIP to a legend.

Algorithms in Africa | Linux Journal

www.linuxjournal.com

Bram Moolenaar is the author of Vim, one of the most popular open-source text editors, with ports available for just about any platform in existence. Bram had already started Vim when he first went to Uganda in 1994, volunteering to work as a water and sanitation engineer for the Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC).

The center, located in a rural village of southern Uganda, provides food, medical care and education to about 600 children, most of whom have been orphaned by AIDS. The conditions are austere: one book for ten children, a tiny blackboard and a roof with holes.

Bram found that his skills could help at Kibaale, his help made a difference. After a year spent working with the Centre, he wanted to find ways he could continue helping the project while also letting other people know of its existence.

That's when Bram hit on the idea of “charityware” for Vim. The license for Vim says simply: “Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are encouraged to make a donation to orphans in Uganda. Please read the file doc/uganda.txt for details.”

While using Vim, type :help uganda to get the complete text of the license and a description of the Kibaale Children's Centre.

Beyond this, though, Bram is fairly modest about the project. Although he asks for copies of CD distributions that include Vim, he doesn't appeal to distribution vendors directly for any additional financial support. Bram prefers to remain low key rather than risk annoying people and turning them away from supporting the Uganda project.

Knowing that Linux distributions in use are now in the billions, one may wonder how successful the charityware license has been as a fund-raising method for the Centre. Vim users are asked to make contributions to the International Child Care Fund that Bram and his colleagues have set up specifically to support the KCC project, and the ICCF web site provides annual financial reports. For 1999, donation income totaled about $7,000 US (17,800 Dutch Guilders), up from about $3,500 US in 1998.

These figures may seem rather underwhelming and suggest that the conscience of open-source users and vendors is not as evolved as one may like to think. But the bottom line for Bram is, even at such a modest level, these contributions make a huge difference in what the KCC can accomplish. The funds raised by Vim donors are used to keep the Centre running, maintain and improve the facilities and recently purchased rainwater tanks so that more people have access to clean water.

Bram continues his personal involvement with Kibaale to this day, having made return trips in 1996, 1998 and 2000. This experience gives Bram a thorough grounding in the realities of life in Africa, as well as an understanding of the means of effecting meaningful change. When I asked for his opinions about the digital divide, he said, “I'm afraid I don't know what the digital divide is. Is it about bringing computer-related stuff to Third World countries? Well, the area around Kibaale first needs a good water supply and a phone.”

When asked if he could give any suggestions to those interested in projects supportive of African information technology, Bram replied, “The best suggestion I can make is to work in small groups. A hundred small projects bring more benefit than one project that's a hundred times bigger. The strategy and planning done by people in head offices is a waste of time and money.” The message here is that the strength of any bridge depends upon its integrity.

In the end, Bram is doing what the Open Source movement has been all about from the beginning: working with personal conviction, making a difference where one can and sharing the work one loves with others. These are the ideals of a world seeking connections, the values that can link Linux and the Internet with an orphanage in Uganda. The human connections of these efforts empower people, improve lives and build the solid bridges of understanding among diverse global communities, digital and otherwise.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

RIP to a legend.

Algorithms in Africa | Linux Journal

www.linuxjournal.com

Rest in peace. I need to read up on what he was doing on the African continent.

 

[Mike809]

Thinking about learning Unity as a hobby to create 2D games.

has anybody tried learning it before?

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Thinking about learning Unity as a hobby to create 2D games.

has anybody tried learning it before?

Probably the easiest engine to get familiar with. Scripting is C# and they tend to have outstanding documentation and tutorials. Jump in head first, no hesitation.

 

[Regular Developer]

Thinking about learning Unity as a hobby to create 2D games.

has anybody tried learning it before?

Yea, it was pretty easy to get into. And the one thing I didn't realize is how much premade stuff there already is, so it does alot to speed up development.

 

[Serious]

Yea, I haven't worked at a company that didn't supply a laptop. Even when I was doing consulting and my company gave us laptops, the client's still gave us their own company laptops. How do they know you can afford up to spec pcs? shyt, they get discounts too. All good though.

I did have a friend who used to clear pcs of past employees and he said he found mad porn on he laptops, lol. Thats what your personal computer is for, lol

That’s wild. I wouldn’t even attempt to test my companies vpn like that.

 

[CopiousX]

For the life of me, I'll never understand how the crypto scammers managed to rebrand the linked list data structure as "bLoCK CHaIn!" and convinced the equity firms to give them all their money.


I pray that I one day encounter a banker naive enough to throw a billy at me for simple rebranding. I'll probably rebrand binary search trees as "trees of life" and use them to represent some boring thing like mortgage backed securities


I can see the money flowing now