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The Norse gods have fallen on hard times: one of them is now working as a sat-nav. He's a navigaThor now.
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Are you talking about the original guys that got lost and found America?
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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That is one Val hallava pun. No Odinary brain could've come up come up with it.
Life is too shor
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Has he found what he's Loki-ng for?
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LOL!
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You're getting Balder with your Frega' puns. You need to start Sif-ting through them from that Tree of Knowledge.
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He's sounds like a Thor loser.
"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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...with a hell of a lisp? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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"Hey, Fulla, yer just Fjorgyn for people to start Frigg-in Lofn at your Mani Buri bad jokes yer Delling us, of which, Freyr information, yer Bragi-n is Joro-n doin', Nott ours," he noted, as he Thruer [uhm, Heim(a)dallur] Borr the joke.
modified 5-Nov-15 15:55pm.
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MARVEL-lous.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
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Sorry, not a pun as the career change thread before, but I'm thinking about redirecting my career and try to start teaching at a college level. I've been developing for a number of years and am thinking a change might be in order. Does anyone have experience with this type of shift? Good or bad?
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Depends on what you expect, and what you want. The things I consider bad might be positive points in your book.
I was totally unprepared for a group of people who would write down what I said word for word, and recite it literally; but yes, it was fun.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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How could you be unprepared?[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That was nearly my initial reaction. Lots of staring people tend to spook me, regardless of setting 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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That's normal. Guess what it's like when you are not much more than 19 years old and are ordered to 'lead' a platoon of soldiers someplace. Loud and clear commands, please.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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If teaching cadets how to not shoot themselves counts, Yes. If teaching cadets how to keep their room clean counts, Yes.
Ask me things.
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I don't know what the situation in the US is, but in the UK you would almost certainly need a education degree and a pretty clean police record (to pass the CRB check to work with children).
In the US, I'd suspect that a liking for wearing bullet-proof fabrics would be an advantage, judging by the news... 
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In the UK they'll actually train you, especially if your degree is STEM related, and sometimes even offer bursaries if you want to teach in Math, Chemistry, or Computing. This is for secondary though, not university level. It's something I've been looking into myself.
https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/[^]
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I ran the Computer Science department at Coleman University for two years. It was a very enjoyable experience. You certainly learn a lot, and there's a lot of enjoyment in seeing student's eyes open when the learn something new.
Having said that, be prepared for the sticker shock. Teaching generally does not pay very well.
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Try it out ! It is the best way to know what it looks like -> There must be opportunities for employed people to come and teach something for one hour or two.
I've done it in an engineering school, several times, each time a very bad experience. There were about 30 students in a room fit for 500, all sat in the back of the room, watching youtube with headset on while I was speaking. Add that to the 75% salary cut, and I have two big No-Gos.
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Good shift, will give an opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with youngsters.
I am also considering this; have started in a small way; am teaching high-school math for free at a charity school for underprivileged children.
The challenge in college, IMO, is to hold the attention span of young adults for a full 50-55 minutes, consistently in every class for the full semester. And to keep them interested in the attractions coming up in the next class.
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I'm still employed full time as a developer (US) but 3.5 years ago began teaching as an adjunct for a career college. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional career. In this setting, the students range from newly high school graduates (or GEDs) to working adults with grandchildren. The instant respect you receive from most of the students is a high in and of itself but as you begin to realize you are aiding in shaping someone's future, it can be awe inspiring.
Yes, the pay is not good, hence my involvement as an adjunct while keeping my full time employment. In my situation, I also needed a Master's level degree in order to teach all BS level courses. I've taught java, javascript, C++, C#, html, css, SQL. I've taught Android development, database design as well as ASP.NET and php/MySQL development.
Not only has it been rewarding to me, it has made me a much better employee for my full-time employer. My skills are sharper and remain sharp and at the same time I relate better to my fellow employees/team members.
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I transitioned from development to teaching at a university in South Africa for a few semesters. It was challenging and exciting in that I got to teach some of the fundamentals of computer science to some first years.
I had two big frustrations which would cause me to think twice about doing it again. The first is that there was such a range of skill levels among the students - from not ever having turned on a computer to being proficient in scripting. It was very difficult to make the class stimulating to the experienced students while not leaving the inexperienced ones behind.
The other was that while some students try hard to succeed, others will give the impression that they're understanding but then hand in something they copied off the internet which is totally unrelated to what you've asked them to do.
Teaching does help you to have an even better grasp of the subject material and allows you to explore questions and ideas that are interesting but for which you do not have time to do if you're getting paid to develop.
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It probably depends on the University. I actually went the other way around from an university teaching job to co-found a start up very long time ago and I loved it.
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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