i am afraid [modified]

shadrach_india

hi all I have been working for 1 yr 3 months in company It is totally product oriented company. Mostly I am doing support related work (75 %). I am afraid that after some time Will I forgot all programming ? . Guys tell me I need to change my current position to project oriented company . -- modified at 6:00 Thursday 1st February, 2007

Paul Watson

Well if you are a programmer and you are not doing any programming... How about in your own time, are you doing programming then? Even if you get into, *shudder*, the testing department of the product it should be better than support work. You can work your way up from testing to developing the product. Nothing wrong with a product orientated company, you just need to get the right position in it.

regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

Shog9 wrote:

I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.

ne0h

hmm... printf("Hello World");

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_AK_

Quite agreed with Paul just need change the position. Jump into the development section of the company from the support.

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

Rama Krishna Vavilala

shadrach_india wrote:

Guys tell me I need to change my current position to project oriented company .

You need to change your current position to project oriented company.

Bradml

all that matters is that you are having fun, everything after that is for Negus to talk about.

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Christian Graus

As in George ?

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Shog9 0

Whatever you find to do, do it well, to the best of your ability, and don't worry about what you aren't doing. Even if you get into, *shudder*, VB programming it should be better than support work. You can work your way up from VB monkey to Respected Developer. :)

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Christian Graus

Here's the thing. Your company needs support people, and if that's what you're doing, why would they change that ? I worked for a company, and all I did was UI work ( ASP.NET ). I wanted to get into the middle tier ( not to the exclusion of UI, I just wanted to expand ). So, I taught myself T-SQL at home, worked through some books, spent some time looking through the middle tier, and announced that I'd done those things and wanted a shot at it. Any boss who ignores that sort of initiative, is a moron. In other words, spend your own time learning stuff that applies to the position you want, and announce you've done it, and ask for a chance to prove yourself in that role. I didn't say 'I want no more UI work', I said 'Give me a shot on this other stuff as well'. That sort of attitude, will always be rewarded.

Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

shadrach_india

hi i am in development team. whenever any changes / new modules is need to develop, my seniors people will do it . if they are busy , then the work will be given to me.

shadrach_india

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Rama Krishna Vavilala

As far as I know, you have to learn programming yourself. You can learn only limited things at work. It is difficult to find an ideal job which will have everything. You have plenty of opportunity to learn yourself: You can write article here at CP by learning something outside the field of your work, you can participate in open source projects or you can do some other work in you spare time. I have learned more in my spare time then at work.

Rajesh R Subramanian

ne0h wrote:

printf("Hello World");

Please use the <pre> </pre> tags while posting code :-D

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்ம குரு

_AK_

I think if you will keep doing good work then certainly they (seniors) will consider you for the new development work.. :)

Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal

Rajesh R Subramanian

Shog9 wrote:

VB monkeys

Plenty out there. :-D

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realJSOP

Maybe you're not much of a programmer and they're trying to give you subtle hints.

"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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brianwelsch

:laugh: ...you said 'subtle hints'.

BW

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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