??'s for Computer Programmers (page 2)

Simon

BTW: I think you are right - software and the internet are really only just starting now.

DanTheMan

I think that the software industry is only just hitting its stride. Traditionally, the main need for software was to control mainframes and PCs. But we are entering an era in which software will control myriad more devices: handhelds, phones, refrigerators, you name it. I think the demand is only going to increase. And as more people have platforms that they are comfortable using for entertainment / education, there will be a larger and larger market for software to supply those things.

Yes, I think you are correct that the software industry seems to have almost limitless potential. I just gotta figure out what area of it I think I would do best. I'm sure all the cutting edge stuff is on the coasts, so maybe programming could be my ticket out of the increasingly red state of Ohio. LOL

Swan

LOL @ Simon!

I don't think they are really Software Developers ... just prima-dona's faking it.

Oh, so you've met David and Andy! Next time you're in my office stop by my cube and say hello. LOL!

Tammy

lawrence

After 25+ years of system architecure and s/w development, I agree with all of you in certain respects, but no one has mentioned ANALYSIS, because as anyone well knows, if you don't understand the 'WHAT', you can't decide 'HOW' (the difference between analysis and design). Become a business analyst and refine software language skills later, architecture, data modeling, etc. Understand the WHAT first.

one

lawrence,

you are more than right,

when i mentioned "soft developer" i assumed analysis is under 'your' belt, of course THAT is the main point.

it is a mistake to jump into let say IT in general not knowing how business operate and what their goal are,

a hi number at the bottom line, obtained by simplying, automating, increasing productivity, just on time logistic, improved communications, interdepartamental 'connectivity' and data sharing, get statitstics on the fly, online inventory, good CRM, all of the above and more.

so back to businees school and then IT school

lawrence

one-

Yes!

Simon-

Why .Net vs. J2EE - just curious. The latest product I'm building I tried with .NET and found the UI operatives defective and as a result non-existent. Do you know any GUI builders for .Net architecture that are robust?

IT Support

There are some excellent books about programming available, not the coding of it but the actual 'business' of developing software, that are a good read

Two of the best books I've ever read on the business of cutting code are Code Complete and Debugging the Development Process. They're both Microsoft Press books, sorry I don't remember the names of the authors.

Regards,

Ken

DanTheMan

it is a mistake to jump into let say IT in general not knowing how business operate and what their goal are, a hi number at the bottom line, obtained by simplying, automating, increasing productivity, just on time logistic, improved communications, interdepartamental 'connectivity' and data sharing, get statitstics on the fly, online inventory, good CRM, all of the above and more.

I think this is where I might have a leg up due to my experience as an end user and having seen the business side of things a little more than perhaps your average programmer has.

Last night I saw a news story about the high demand for Arab translators, so that got my wheels turning a little in a whole new direction. LOL

one

"Arab translators",

You sure know black gold is the grease that keeps everything moving in the right direction...

but dont go too fast or too deep into the grease, let me tell you, despite the fact that hydrogen is corrosive and volatil, somehow it WILL move everything, indeed make thing fly...

what about coding onthefly? (for impatient developers)

lawrence

One-

Coding on the fly - nebulous specs, no formal methodology, vague demonstrability of deliverables at finite cycles, and voila - the state of the "Art." Barry Boehm and Chris Gaines should be read more often at the outset of projects, hell, Martin still carries more weight with Rubinstein than the initial rollouts of "Extreme."

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