A year and a half ago, stuck in what I thought was a dead-end job, I decided to do a degree in computing/IT with the Open University. Six months later, I landed a job as a Test Analyst in the IT department of the company I was working for. I now have an actual career. I've been continuing with the degree, but I'm finding bits of it very dull and it's difficult to get motivated. Should I keep going?
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posted by xchmp
on May 8, 2012 -
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If I'm applying for a junior developer job in a web company, and they ask for a code sample along with the resume, what sorts of things would make a good sample? How much code is just enough/too little/too much? What would make a sample supergood, or the opposite?
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posted by jsturgill
on Feb 22, 2012 -
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What is the best way for someone with plenty of sysadmin and programming experience but no actual professional IT experience to begin a career in IT?
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posted by jpg15
on Jul 1, 2011 -
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let's assume i'm decently technically minded, and entirely burned out on my current job (technical support). let's further assume that programming is vaguely attractive and something i think i could do, and that i would like to be employable at 50-65k a year.
what language do i learn? why?
posted by radiosilents
on May 5, 2011 -
18 answers
I "fell into" a programming job right out of college. It is mainly C#, quite a bit of Javascript, all within the .Net environment. I noticed a lot of jobs are very specific on technologies used (such as Struts/Java). Would it be okay to apply for these jobs? How do I represent myself?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 10, 2011 -
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I need to get a new job, as soon as possible. I’m planning to get back into IT, specifically Web Programming and need advice on how to get my skills back up to speed.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 5, 2011 -
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I'm ready for a career change and I've always wanted to work in IT. What would you recommend?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 16, 2010 -
12 answers
How do I restart my career in IT while drowning in anxiety? In a nutshell, I burned out on IT last year in about August, after the second incredibly toxic work environment I'd had that year.
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posted by ysabet
on May 26, 2010 -
9 answers
Is there a website that tracks information about companies that have offshored information technology jobs?
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posted by cosmic.osmo
on Nov 26, 2009 -
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How do I advance my career in IT? If I were to move to a software developer position would I have to start out at the bottom?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 26, 2009 -
13 answers
What, anecdotally speaking, are Flex developers getting paid right now in Los Angeles or a similar city?
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posted by drjimmy11
on Aug 24, 2009 -
1 answer
PHP: How do I get the explode() function to work with multiple separators in a row?
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posted by kaozity
on Aug 1, 2008 -
8 answers
I love
TheDailyWTF and read
/. every day. Without signing up for some members' only site, are there any IT-related blogs/sites you check out daily? Personally I'd love to read about programming (PHP/Python/Ruby/hell even VB script), databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL), and network administration. For general science news, I already check out
Google Sci-Tech News and
Technocrat on a regular basis.
I'm not looking for l33t XHTML/CSS-hacks but rather blogs that discuss emerging programming trends with meaningful discussion. Maybe something that is a mix of
Ask,
Developers, and
IT on Slashdot. If there's a demand for such a site maybe I'll start one. But I'm too lazy to create something if it's already out there.
posted by chime
on Mar 30, 2005 -
20 answers
How do I make myself more marketable in the current and future IT/programming environment. [more inside]
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posted by y6y6y6
on Dec 24, 2003 -
9 answers
