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The professors were awful. They had entirely too much freedom to teach whatever the hell they wanted instead of following a set curriculum. And they weren't very smart.

There have also been some studies done recently that suggest short, powerful bursts of running (sprinting) with rest in between is better for your cardiovascular health and also burns more calories in much shorter periods of time than slow, long jogs.

Quick question. I'm almost done with the Wool omnibus. From what I understand the Shift omnibus is up next, then Dust, then the Sand omnibus? Is that the correct order?

The bad developers I hired? I wouldn't know, I really don't even look at that section of a resume.

Once you do it for long enough you learn how to ask questions that decipher a person's problem solving skills, pragmatism, and development philosophy. The worst kinds of questions you can ask are syntax questions because all those are, is memorization. Is it 100% foolproof? No, but it's a better...

I filter based on technical skills and knowledge. Filtering based on degree sounds ridiculous to me. I honestly don't care whether or not you went to school or where.

No, that's exactly what I am saying. I cannot be swayed simply because of my own personal experience. I'll never agree, even if you shove definitive evidence in my face because I can't understand why anyone would dismiss a resume because they don't have a bachelor's degree in a related field of...

Where is Salary.com pulling those bullshit numbers from? 7%? Anyone who actually works in this field can go around tomorrow within their company and take a poll on every developer to see who does and does not have a degree. I did it today at my current company. 3 developers (including myself)...

It's a shame Philip Seymour Hoffman is no longer with us. I feel like he'd make an excellent Bernard if this gets made into a movie.

Typically when hiring for junior positions (or at least, for myself and other hiring managers I've worked with) what the person(s) interviewing you are looking for is how trainable you are and if you'll fit in with the team. Also, if you know the basics and have a desire to learn (which goes...

When companies are looking for junior level developers, if they aren't a company that throws out non degree resumes they will want to know about your work, and if they can see it you've set yourself apart. Even if it's cheesy stupid projects like what I mentioned. If you can build interesting...

Which is easy enough to do. You can create a portfolio of projects with real world application even if they weren't ever bought. Create an app and put it into the google play store. Even if nobody has ever bought it you've delivered a product. Create a website for your mother's knitting hobby or...

I don't know those statistics exist. For your first job it's almost a certainty a degree holder will make more money (although I doubt the difference would be significant enough to cause alarm). After that, it's a completely different ball game. Deathwing, of course there are companies that...

Yes, this is true at larger, corporate gigs. But at smaller companies HR isn't usually involved in even reading resumes, their only job in the hiring practice is typically the paperwork after the development teams have decided they want to make an offer to a candidate. In this field there is...

You're very, very wrong about that Deathwing. I've worked with quite a few consulting firms that charge big money for shit talent and still get hired over and over. There is an epidemic of foreign "developers" phone interviewing and nailing it and then having a completely different person come...

This is one of the biggest job markets on the planet. Look at all the consulting firms and off-shore "developers" who get hired who have never had any formal training and barely even speak English. Think about that for a second. Millions and millions of dollars get pumped off shore to India...

Yes, it is very likely you will get a decent job without a degree in this field.

It's possible to get a good (better than decent) job without any degree in the field at all. My brother is a self taught developer making over 80k/yr at his first job in the field (after overtime hours) in central CT.

Picked this up for the kindle based on this thread. This is the first non technical book (series) I've started to read in probably 15 years. Thanks for the recommendation all.

Well I was responding to 'bisi but you can pirate almost any book you want, or if you want to go the "legit" route digital copies of programming books aren't prohibitively expensive. As for the "best" language to start out with there is none. It really depends on what you think you'll be...

It's typically a very general degree yes. There are a ton of different types of software development/engineering jobs you can get and a lot of different technologies you would be able to work with with a bachelors in comp sci.

Unless you can get your current employer to pay for it you should just teach yourself. Save money and time.

How dare you...

Phazael is right and we are having fun and appreciating the reading material Onoes is providing (it's a staple of this forum as it stands)....but Onoes is entirely too easy to encourage into bad behavior and as Phazael said, he's got responsibilities greater than himself. Acting like a teenager...

Everyone makes mistakes and does things that are out of character or make them feel guilty and remorseful. Doing this kind of thing once and regretting it doesn't make him a piece of shit. Habitually sleeping with married women does. I was saying, "Bro that ain't cool man, you are getting way...

For the record I never called him a piece of shit. I said "Don't be a piece of shit"

Wearing a diaper so she doesn't have to stop for pee breaks, like that crazy astronaut broad.

That's pretty terrible, but if nobody else was willing to fuck her because she was married then she probably would have been more inclined to be honest with you and ending the relationship like an adult rather than dragging you along and making a fool out of you.

Yep. For the sealer, not the power washing.

It's not the power washing I'm concerned about. It's getting on the ladder to water seal the second story deck. I just don't want to do it.

Dude, The Rock was an awesome movie.

I got quoted at $1040 for the 2 decks. Which is still more than I expected, and is making me question whether or not I should pull the trigger.

I go to the Newport Folk Festival every year. In recent years it's gotten very very big but it's still one of the best music festivals out there. They get phenomenal acts every year, I always end up finding 3-4 new amazing bands I'd never heard of before and it's not a shit show. I'm way too old...

Yeah her story line isn't very intriguing or exciting but at least it's decent character development I suppose. Though it tends to just be the same thing over and over at this point.

I hear all these stories about you guys doing all your own projects and I think "Yeah, I want to do that. Gives such a sense of satisfaction". Then I start to look at a project and figure out what it's going to take and go straight to HomeAdvisor.com to find someone else to do it for me. I'm so...

Well you certainly have a "type" don't you Onoes.

I don't think anyone is actually mad at Onoes. We are finger wagging and telling him he's kind of a scumbag for doing what he's doing with a married woman. And I think you're crazy if you don't think being a willing party to such behavior isn't scummy.

That's some amateur hour shit Tuco. I remember my first time on the internet too...

Nah dude, if she Amanda Knoxed his ass there would be at least one other woman involved and she would have ended up dead and he'd be on the hook for the murder. As for the people who got all pissy about the conversation I essentially started, grow up. That was one of the more civil, adult...

I'm just an internet zealot my bros.