Best thing CP has done for you...
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It's kept me in a job on a couple of occassions... "Can you do that Malc?" "Yeah...sure. Couple of hours." Two hours later, Plz Help Urgent posts in teh forums... But that was some years ago and I now know everything (just in case my boss checks in here!)
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
It's gotten me two interviews at Microsoft, a lot of name recognition from my articles and forum posts, and helped me get my current job (due to the name recognition). It's also helped me out of some tough spots when trying to solve some really wacky problems and taught me a thing or two from other peoples articles and forum posts.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
CP has exposed me to other cultures. Before I started hanging around here, I had a pretty narrow view of the world. I'm only half-joking when I say that I would have thought this map[^] was pretty accurate. Reading posts from (mostly) intelligent people all over the globe has expanded my viewpoint greatly.
Jon Sagara Once again, the conservative sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor! *slurp* Oh, I'm ruined! -- Dr. Zoidberg .NET Blog | Personal Blog | Articles
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Yeah! You're right, I never thought about it that way before but that's been my experience as well.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Interesting way of measuring, but it does make sense.
Scott.
—In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. [Forum Guidelines] [Articles] [Blog]
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
...all the wheels i didn't have to reinvent...
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
Spend couple of hours late at night scratching head... Search for article on CP. Plug in provided dll. Everything works. I get to sleep. Rinse and repeat... (also reading the posts in some of the forums makes me think that i might, actually, know something after all :^)
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
I just wish I started with .NET a few years ago instead of Delphi. I haven't known CP before I began working on .NET applications, but it's the second (after Google :P) website I check for a solution when I have a .NET problem. I wish I could help more other people someday. Thanks to everyone for every article they commited to CP and for forum help. Regards, Pawel
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
You may get answers if you stop marking your posts as URGENT!! Homework Help Needed? ;P
only two letters away from being an asset
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer
I know how that goes. But on occation you'll get silly attempts from people that don't understand the question. But then sometimes I have to ask a stupid question I should know the answer to, which is embarassing enough you almost want to create a new user account to post from. Humility is tough to come be. :)
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
It's a long list... From countless instances of "so that's how you do that!":doh: and the occasional "holy crap, you can do that?!?":wtf: To interesting conversations and some free web traffic. To a productive way to avoid work. When I'm bored or have a few minutes of free time, the first thing that usually comes to mind is to check the C# forum to see if there's something I can answer. And to be honest, CP's Insider is the only newsletter I ever read. I always find something of interest in that. And when I need help, I don't even bother with google anymore, CP's usually in the top 5 results anyway. But few things are as fun as posting an article and watching the response. It's like releasing software, BUT WITH FEEDBACK!!! :omg:
Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.
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I'm going to bed soon, so this is the last pointless post... Sometime back somebody posted Funny Video Of The Day - John Cleese (Monty Python) doing his Ministry of funny walks sketch. Nothing new there, but the music that had been put to was superb. A few replays to get the lyrics and found out it was First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst). I had never heard of him before that. Now I've seen him in concert three times, have all his albums, and made the wife and kids sick of him with constant replays. Thank you Code Project - I love you guys... Oh, the other thing it has done for me is made me aware of NIIT....
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
The articles I have posted on CP have gotten me jobs... i cant think of anything better. When I was first starting out I posted a bunch of stuff on CP and then had work I could show. CP definitly helped me get my first shot at being a developer. Thanks CP...
-Adam N. Thompson
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Malcolm Smart wrote:
I now know everything
*grin* yep, I'm sure you do. Just like I do. You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
You're right tho, my time at CP has moved from me being desperate for help, to me trawling the forums, looking for chances to offer help. One sign I see that I'm becoming a better developer is, when I do have to ask a question, I almost never get an answer....
Huh... I don't know that I can completely agree with that. That same phenomenon could be explained with going off into the weeds esoterically in order to solve a problem in a way noone else would even consider due to its complexity. Lack of help != uber 1337ness. ;) [edit] What CP has done for me is give me something to stave off boredom during lunch :-D
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The articles I have posted on CP have gotten me jobs... i cant think of anything better. When I was first starting out I posted a bunch of stuff on CP and then had work I could show. CP definitly helped me get my first shot at being a developer. Thanks CP...
-Adam N. Thompson
Hey Adam, Why did you remove your article about arrays and loops? I didn't try to bash you or your article, i only tried to give some constructive feedback on how to improve the article. Even good articles can be improved... Oh and i say thanks CP for helping me to learn me how to program! Sure you've got books and all, but it's very nice to see many different ideas coded and explained in all the articles here on CP.
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Hey Adam, Why did you remove your article about arrays and loops? I didn't try to bash you or your article, i only tried to give some constructive feedback on how to improve the article. Even good articles can be improved... Oh and i say thanks CP for helping me to learn me how to program! Sure you've got books and all, but it's very nice to see many different ideas coded and explained in all the articles here on CP.
that's cool. I thought I would rewrite it and put a little more time into it though. From the moment I posted that article everyone jumped all over it. I need to find a better example of what I'm trying to convey. the technique I'm trying to show is using loops and counters to define the depth of your arrays, and then using the counter to increment the arrays in the loop thus creating code that works dynamically. I have used that trick in a lot of my code, and need to find a better example. Especially if the control I wrote would have been easier to write with a repeater. -- modified at 14:09 Saturday 29th September, 2007
-Adam N. Thompson
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It's kept me in a job on a couple of occassions... "Can you do that Malc?" "Yeah...sure. Couple of hours." Two hours later, Plz Help Urgent posts in teh forums... But that was some years ago and I now know everything (just in case my boss checks in here!)
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
It has given my company, when I need them. Or after a crazy days of BULLSH*T , I coool down with this.
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