Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Silver Surfer
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PaperEnterprise
It's the inner strength..
Because the position ill be applying for pays an extra 10k if you understand principles of Java...Why would you want to learn Java and you dont plan to use it?...
Silver Surfer
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hmmmm...but you can prolly make another 35k if you take a Java position.......I hate meetings!
PaperEnterprise
It's the inner strength..
True. I enjoy meetings lol.
Sane
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Meetings 
Brehs i posted in the IT threas but i want to get a windows machine for programming, i found a ASUS with 8gb ram and a AMD A10 processor for 399, is AMD really that bad? I have a MBP and i know i can throw windows on it via boot camp or a virtual machine but kida want to have that stuff on a seperate machine and keep my mac strictly for personal use and when i move from Java/Android development into iOS and Objective C/Swift. I want to do Java first because it is more used and i can apply it in my current company more directly. But i plan on using both for personal business ventures also
My problem with angular is that you're pretty much tethered to it for your front-end if you use it and although you use Javascript in your directives, it's such an abstraction that you're learning angular more than just Javascript. The problem with that is how locked-in you are to that google eco-system, as a lot of devs found out once 2.0 was announced and they'll have to rewrite the front-end for their app in a couple of years since 2.0 has no migration path as of yet and isn't backwards compatible.
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Yeah its funny because before I came here I was used to the old school jsp files with minimal Javascript....now I'm doing jquery/javascript all day to manipulate my pages.....
It's amazing the transformation in perception that Javascript received. It was considered a toy language not too long ago, but now it's everywhere. I find it a very enjoyable language to program in, and I especially enjoy jQuery. It makes manipulating the DOM way more convenient, especially since you don't have to worry about whether some of these older browsers implement something differently.
Sounds like you definitely are being underpaid
badvillain
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Don't ever worry about that (unless of course it is affecting your food, rent or bills). You'll never be obliged to have "proof of current compensation" - so chalk it up to "paying dues" at the current company and if you are dissatisfied start actively interviewing elsewhere now.
I've found the old mentality of "find a job, make it a career and then move up the company's internal hierarchical ladder over the years" - is not the best for technologists. Back when I was a junior-to-mid dev(2010ish?) I was able to double my salary in two years by finding the right new role every year.
Only relevant link I could find talking about the pro's of "job-hopping": http://www.daedtech.com/notes-on-job-hopping-you-should-probably-job-hop
I also believe if you get too comfy at a job, you'll lose the motivation to keep your skills sharpened. The max I'll stay at any one company is 2 years.
badvillain
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Throwing this out there - did anyone peep Mr. Robot yet? Some convos seemed awkward and forced (gnome/kde) - but it was still refreshing to see somewhat "normal" dev speak on a programming-based show.
Yup once you get your experience you need then start looking at internal openings or outside, but until you have a few yrs experience you gotta chalk it up to the game.