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Kirk 10389821 wrote: I think knowing your ONE tool very well makes more sense than being a generalist.
Kirk 10389821 wrote: Currently I am working with Cobol, RPG, CL, PHP, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, ASP, and Delphi That's kind of contradicting...
I agree that there's at least one or two languages that you should know very well. Without knowing something very well you could never write good solutions. But being a generalist helps you in knowing what's out there and may actually help you get better at the thing you're very good at. I really started appreciating and understanding LINQ when I dabbled in functional programming. And because I dabbled in functional programming I can question solutions written in C# that I never would've questioned before. I started looking at SQL completely different after I had tried NoSQL and I could understand the strengths and weaknesses of SQL much better.
I've worked with people who didn't want to know more than C# because that was what they did and that's what they wanted to be really very good at. One of them even refused to do any database work, because it wasn't C#. With such an attitude I can't even take those people seriously (and that person can't ever create an app all by himself because he doesn't know SQL)
Kirk 10389821 wrote: that FIRST job of a developer should be to correctly identify the problem being solved, and then identify the right solution for the job No language, database or framework could help you if you didn't have that particular skill! And boy do few programmers have it...
Kirk 10389821 wrote: coded myself out of a job Always leave a bug in the software and occassionally introduce new ones!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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If you think about it, your choice of tool (language) is totally dependent upon what you have available in the toolbox. When I started in the industry, there were only six languages, now there's over 2000. I follow the approach of examining the problem, developing a number of approaches to a solution and selecting the best approach. Part of that solution development and selection process is an examination of the tools in the toolbox.
I don't profess to know every language, but I know enough to understand the structure/syntax of the languages to carry a meaningful conversation with the programmers while trying to explain the concepts and objectives of the client. Yes, I'm an old dog, but I still enjoy new tricks.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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Got a couple of job titles in mind but they don't involve IT as is commonly associated with that and can't be mentioned because of nondisclosure agreements between myself and said hamsters, but I only have a short time left on the agreement.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Condom tester
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I strongly assume that is an abbreviation for Console Domain Tester.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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That's a job where only a small part of the tools are provided by the employer - to major part is up to you...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I thought he was self employed, as an entrepreneur?
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It's not clear from his profile, but that's clear that his day and night are occupied too
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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From his profile picture I'd say he's horsing around a lot.
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Are you calling him a horse?! That's his picture from the wedding night (after the 25th tequila)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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That's aLlama-ing
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Please mark next time your first link as "NSFW". My wife was very surprised what Video I'm watching
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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It is safe for work, it is all about how they created the job adverts and the marketing behind the campaign.........there is nothing contentious in it at all.
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well, that was what he was saying, but he forgot to add an "A" to NSFW. It should be NSFWA: Not Safe For Wife Around
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"Young people love sex"
I guess I'll never grow up!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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You'd soon run out of puff.
What?
I meant blowing them up to find leaks, you dirty-minded pervert!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: blowing them up
Comme ca?[^]
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I'd prefer to be in the control group.
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Do you know what that job involves?
Not what you think it does.
There is a bunch of metal tubes and you slip condoms on them and look for obvious tears, etc.
PS. I know this because I have seen a photo of a facility manufacturing condoms.
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Comedian: "This horse walks into a bar..."
Vivic: "How'd it get in through door? Horses aren't allowed in pubs!"
Comedian: "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
Vivic: "Chicken's brains are too small for us to assign meaning to their actions; the only reason a chicken would cross a road is if there were food or a cockerel on the other side."
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If there are holes or flaws in this statement, there could be
long term consequences..
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