Awesome programming jobs
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
Hi, my name is Chris and I run The Code Project. My job rocks.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi, my name is Chris and I run The Code Project. My job rocks.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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He's a boss around here, be careful what you're asking! :)
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You mean other than feeding the hamsters, corralling trolls, and removing staples from various ferrets?
Scott Dorman
Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD President - Tampa Bay IASA [Blog][Articles][Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
Considering that question as superficial... after all it is nothing more than that.. I have a "job" where no one envies me, perhaps apart from not knowing what I'm working on next. No one knows me, no one cares, and only results in real terms (aka cash first and potential sales second) are of any importance. Love of the job (read: lifestyle) is the only pre-requisite to that goal.. I love going to conferences and watching the speakers sell their next book or next job or next tech. You know, as if it wasn't invented or even better-than-now hammered topic 10, 20 or 30 years back.. Evangelists and exhibitionist are most intriguing, they are certainly more entertaining than estate agents, but still estate agents alike. So screw the so-called 'legends', if you need a reality check dive into expert open-source libraries of less egotistic or inhibited engineers. So no one envies me, and I feel best that way.. I'd suggest instead of worrying of 'average', you do your piece to your best and get hubmle when someone does it better. And don't forget that some of the most clueless programmers, architects and fashion chasing Goks are exactly on the boards here, at CP.. There are exceptions, but you'll take ages to figure out who they are.. And if you think you are one of the top, just look at something like boost.org, and make sure to touch down quickly and safely.. That applies to the entire C# 3.0 and 4.0 (although they nicked one of the boost guys) and JDK 6.0 brigade.. Envy and big-headedness is the root of all evil, and most of the unknowns can still take on any CLR guy there is out there in their own field and 'engineering'.. so you tell me if it can possibly be more fun than that. Go on, name your legends and think about their names real hard in value/engineering/scientific contribution rather than technology sales or blogging skills .. I believe you can always be surprised with alternatives out there by 1000s of those unknown people who only bother responding with substance and none of the such mediocre and usual MS or better put Java-induced utter blx.. Have fun :) Regards, Angelina Brad Jolie
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You mean other than feeding the hamsters, corralling trolls, and removing staples from various ferrets?
Scott Dorman
Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD President - Tampa Bay IASA [Blog][Articles][Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
Scott Dorman wrote:
removing staples from various ferrets?
staples? easy. it is catching the cheetah that is the hard part
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
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You mean other than feeding the hamsters, corralling trolls, and removing staples from various ferrets?
Scott Dorman
Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD President - Tampa Bay IASA [Blog][Articles][Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
Scott Dorman wrote:
removing staples from various ferrets?
Now that would be stepping on my toes.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Scott Dorman wrote:
removing staples from various ferrets?
staples? easy. it is catching the cheetah that is the hard part
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
it is catching the cheetah that is the hard part
:laugh: Very true!
Scott Dorman
Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD President - Tampa Bay IASA [Blog][Articles][Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Scott Dorman wrote:
removing staples from various ferrets?
Now that would be stepping on my toes.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Now that would be stepping on my toes.
Hmmm...but we can always count on you to re-staple. ;P [edit]And that will help keep Chris busy. :)[/edit]
Scott Dorman
Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD President - Tampa Bay IASA [Blog][Articles][Forum Guidelines]
Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
I'm lucky enough to run a company with a bunch of really talented developers. The work's great, and our clients are fantastic (on the whole). Some of the work we do is incredibly challenging, but it's all good.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
Well, I'm currently working for a games company as part of my university course, and it is awsome. For those interested, the company is Eutechnyx. There's always something interesting to do, features to add, bugs to track down, and if you stay late you get free food :rolleyes:
My current favourite word is: Nipple!
-SK Genius
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Scott Dorman wrote:
removing staples from various ferrets?
staples? easy. it is catching the cheetah that is the hard part
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
Nah, that's easy. All you need is some sticky backed plastic, a xylophone, two wingnuts and the rear drivers wheel of a children's car (doesn't matter which one). The rest is Scooby Doo.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Well, I'm currently working for a games company as part of my university course, and it is awsome. For those interested, the company is Eutechnyx. There's always something interesting to do, features to add, bugs to track down, and if you stay late you get free food :rolleyes:
My current favourite word is: Nipple!
-SK Genius
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Considering that question as superficial... after all it is nothing more than that.. I have a "job" where no one envies me, perhaps apart from not knowing what I'm working on next. No one knows me, no one cares, and only results in real terms (aka cash first and potential sales second) are of any importance. Love of the job (read: lifestyle) is the only pre-requisite to that goal.. I love going to conferences and watching the speakers sell their next book or next job or next tech. You know, as if it wasn't invented or even better-than-now hammered topic 10, 20 or 30 years back.. Evangelists and exhibitionist are most intriguing, they are certainly more entertaining than estate agents, but still estate agents alike. So screw the so-called 'legends', if you need a reality check dive into expert open-source libraries of less egotistic or inhibited engineers. So no one envies me, and I feel best that way.. I'd suggest instead of worrying of 'average', you do your piece to your best and get hubmle when someone does it better. And don't forget that some of the most clueless programmers, architects and fashion chasing Goks are exactly on the boards here, at CP.. There are exceptions, but you'll take ages to figure out who they are.. And if you think you are one of the top, just look at something like boost.org, and make sure to touch down quickly and safely.. That applies to the entire C# 3.0 and 4.0 (although they nicked one of the boost guys) and JDK 6.0 brigade.. Envy and big-headedness is the root of all evil, and most of the unknowns can still take on any CLR guy there is out there in their own field and 'engineering'.. so you tell me if it can possibly be more fun than that. Go on, name your legends and think about their names real hard in value/engineering/scientific contribution rather than technology sales or blogging skills .. I believe you can always be surprised with alternatives out there by 1000s of those unknown people who only bother responding with substance and none of the such mediocre and usual MS or better put Java-induced utter blx.. Have fun :) Regards, Angelina Brad Jolie
User of Users Group wrote:
hat applies to the entire C# 3.0 and 4.0 (although they nicked one of the boost guys) and JDK 6.0 brigade..
User of Users Group wrote:
and most of the unknowns can still take on any CLR guy there is out there in their own field and 'engineering'
User of Users Group wrote:
none of the such mediocre and usual MS or better put Java-induced utter blx..
seriously? his post originally was about super star programming jobs. never were the words C#, MS or Java used. so you brought them up to what? trash on them...like you always do in all your posts.... just an observation! we're still buddies right? :cool:
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
modified on Monday, November 10, 2008 4:37 PM
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Out of interest, what elements of the game do you work on? Language? How big is the company?
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Most of us have average, maintenance-type programming jobs. While they mostly pay well, they don't make for legendary status. If you are one of the few lucky ones to have an "awesome" jobs envied by the masses of programmers, tell us a bit about it here.......
I have a small team (3 of us) working on "whatever you want Paul" within a 150 strong telecommunications research division of the local university. The only bit that sucks is writing reports for the people who fund us. But it is a small price to pay for the money they give us to try (and often fail.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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The Man wrote:
elaborate a little on what 'running code project' entails?
Herding us cats. (Just checking that you know you are on The Code Project and that the guy who answered you is the head honcho main dude numero uno.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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I have a small team (3 of us) working on "whatever you want Paul" within a 150 strong telecommunications research division of the local university. The only bit that sucks is writing reports for the people who fund us. But it is a small price to pay for the money they give us to try (and often fail.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
sounds awesome. i like the academic setting. it's a lot of fun.
Paul Watson wrote:
The only bit that sucks is writing reports for the people who fund us.
better than reporting to "share holders"
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
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Any games we may know that you can name drop? Gear of War 2, Fable II, Fallout 3, StarCraft 2...
cheers, Paul M. Watson.