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So now that my contract abruptly ended a week ago, I'm now searching for work again.
I have a phone interview tomorrow and I feel hopeful.
So now that I have some free time, I'm keeping busy with my daily agenda:
- Job Hunt
- Work on [product] (I'm working on a software product for market)
- Brush up on WCF.
- Learn Android
- Learn Entity Framework
- Write some more of my book.
- Call of Duty.
[REVISED AGENDA]
1. Job Hunt
2. Work on [product] (I'm working on a software product for market)
3. Brush up on WCF.
4. Learn Android
5. Learn Entity Framework
6. Write some more of my book.
7. Call of Duty.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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WCF? Perhaps ASP .NET MVC would be a better avenue?
/ravi
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Why?
I can see uses for both. I've done both WCF and ASP.Net Web Services, but there are some things in WCF I need to improve my knowledge of.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: Why?
From what I've seen, more dev positions seem to require experience in ASP .NET MVC than WCF. Not that there's anything wrong with learning more about it.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: From what I've seen, more dev positions seem to require experience in ASP .NET MVC than WCF
That depends on the positions you're going after. I'm not a Web Developer. I do WPF. Most corporate environments I've seen use WCF.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Funny how you start out with good intentions and some where along the line you say screw it!
New version: WinHeist Version Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye-
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LOL, I know.. I sit down, crack open a CP article or book, then end up gaming
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Kevin Marois wrote: Call of Duty
I see your problem. You won't be able to find job playing weak stuff.
Real stuff[^]
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I want nothing to do with any game related to Steam.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I used to say the same thing. Because seriously, if my purchase can be taken away from me at any time, for no reason, who wants to buy into a system like that?
But then I was convinced by a superbly sound argument for steam. Treat it like a rental. If you never pay retail for a game, it doesn't matter all that much if it disappears into the ether. I haven't paid more than $3 for a game on steam since I started using it.
There are other arguments against steam (which you may have) but cost vs 'ownership' was the big one for me.
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Mmm... so Call of Duty is good then?
I have modern warfare, but only played the campaign.... Might give it a go! ^^
Is there a beginner online mode! I even forgot how to play since I played the campaign! 
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Develop your own Call of Duty for multiplayer mode using unity & web sockets.
Advantages:
1. You'll stay in touch with code
2. You'll learn Unity
3. You'll get - Fun on the job
4. You'll learn new techniques of networking instead of raising WCF from the tomb. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Vunic wrote: ... web sockets. ...
.... You'll get - Fun on the job
Mmm.. I found your idea of fun disturbing... 
How about Direct-X instead, hey?! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: How about Direct-X instead, hey?!
Well that looks too much fun to draw a Triangle[^] 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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And that reinforces my decision NEVER to get involved in graphics, it always amazes me the amount of time and energy devoted to graphics. Mind you I do appreciate the effort and will happily use someone else's creations.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Good decision. I intend to stay away too, but the team pulls me into some uninteresting debate on the UI code.  It's needing a lot more reading to contribute a valuable/sensible input!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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it's good, hey?! 
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To be honest, I like reading through articles like these, its very much like learning Win32 programming through Charles Petlozd. But that is all for satisfying real-men points in me. But for actual productivity we move to MFC, umm wait?
People call in anything in C++ as less productive these days. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Hehe
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Final result of THIS THREAD[^] is that the insurance company has decided to call it a total.
Thanks, truck driver !
There's no way I'm going to get enough money to buy another car like that one.
Oh well, my vocabulary increased. I learned a new word "subrogate". I say: go get'm !
I wonder where this will end.
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A smashed bumper is called a total? That must be some smashed bumper!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Trouble is modern cars are all crumple zone, so a relatively small bump can do serious damage that costs a lot in labour to fix, repaint, and in rental car time. When you factor in what the insurance company will get for the "wreck" as a breaker for parts and it doesn't take much to write 'em off.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yeah, you're right I suppose. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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