Awesome programming jobs
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It's javascript, not VBScript. Sheesh! I'm so misunderstood...
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
I'm so misunderstood...
True. But not unappreciated by those of us who have been here a while. ;)
Chris Maunder wrote:
It's javascript, not VBScript
I still have a copy of the original... somewhere around here.:suss:
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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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
My friend used to write software for nuclear power stations, another wrote sw for satellites and a guy here wrote sw for the eurofighter. no stress there then...think Ill stick to overpriced recruitment software programming for the health industry. The most I can f**k up is to allocate the wrong doctor to an operation......whoops.! :laugh:
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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 just void equipment warranties... --R
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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.......
Hello, My name is Joan and I make machines, robots and others (see the sig)... it is great to see something that weights some tons to move fast and to stop in the exact position it was sent (in less than 0.05 mm of error)... it makes you feel powerful... We use special kinds of communication protocols, we can transform a computer into a powerful CNC and PLC, we use the latest electronics in the market to get the best results, we make some R+D and we have patented several projects around the world... We are using some military technology to make some of those prototypes. That job rocks! :cool:
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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 a physicist/c++ programmer, and i write parallel supercomputer programs that simulate particle accelerators. Rarely stop learning!
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My friend used to write software for nuclear power stations, another wrote sw for satellites and a guy here wrote sw for the eurofighter. no stress there then...think Ill stick to overpriced recruitment software programming for the health industry. The most I can f**k up is to allocate the wrong doctor to an operation......whoops.! :laugh:
My favourite job was writing (some of) and installing the blending software for Distillers Company Limited (as in Johnny Walker Whisky) back in 1976. The pipework hadn't been completed and someone put the contents of a 60000 (imperial) gallon vat on the floor...
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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.......
My name is Eric and I have an awesome contract programming job. I write software for a pre-production oil and gas tool manufacturing company using VC++ 6.0 and VB.net 2005. It is a small company that employs 12-15 people. We manufacture our own tool from board level up and I write all the software to get the data from the tools. These tools use a combination of interfaces; USB, Serial and Parallel. I work hand-in-hand with the engineers who design the boards, so I have a great say in the lay out of memory and the firmware commands that are stored on the tool itself. I have just finished a Real-Time monitoring system that allows the user to sit in their truck and watch the gauges in real-time using RF transmitters. The awesome part of my job is that I work as much or as little as I want. I live 600 miles from the office and spend 1 to 1 1/2 weeks at the office and 2 1/2 to 3 weeks working from home. All my transportation to and from the office is paid for and when I am at the office I stay with very good friends of mine. The pay is very good with paid stat holidays, and the stress level is very manageable, which is more than I can say for some contract jobs I have had. Being it is contract programming, I do not get paid any vacation time, I just put in more hours while I am working from the office and less when I am working from home. No I will not tell you who I am working for, this is my job for as long as it lasts. Stop drooling.
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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 had an awesome project this year where we tagged Cows (anything involving Cows is excellent) with wireless 3-axis accelerometers to see whether they were eating. If they aren't accelerating their head regularly, they are probably sick, which means Al Qaida may have launched an attack on our food supply (the cows). It's like an early warning system. I did the data reception side (multi-threaded windows app) with a relational database back-end for number crunching.
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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 was at a crappy no where job last year August 07. Until the company started to lose money and they felt I was a added bonus and not needed (15 min before end of day). Which was very true i was supposed to do a software program for them turned into IT work with about 2 months of software development in 2 years... Anyways they paid me to read books and learn new technologies for 2 years which was nice and they gave me a 1 month severance when I left which was nice of them. Now I work for a good up and coming software company that realizes the importance of constant growth, coding standards, documentation and that things do take time (No real stress here). Couldn't be happier, went to palm springs last year for a Microsoft conference and i live in Canada. So hang in there, maybe they will fire you form your crappy job and you can get a nice severance and a great new job. Jordon.
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I'm a physicist/c++ programmer, and i write parallel supercomputer programs that simulate particle accelerators. Rarely stop learning!
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My favourite job was writing (some of) and installing the blending software for Distillers Company Limited (as in Johnny Walker Whisky) back in 1976. The pipework hadn't been completed and someone put the contents of a 60000 (imperial) gallon vat on the floor...
JDL-EPM wrote:
someone put the contents of a 60000 (imperial) gallon vat on the floor...
:((
T-Mac-Oz "When I'm ruler of the universe ... I'm working on it, I'm working on it. I'm just as frustrated as you are. It turns out to be a non-trivial problem." - Linus Torvalds
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Nah i work on ISIS at Rutherford Appleton Lab in the UK: www.isis.rl.ac.uk though i did work as part of a team doing a redesign for one of the accelerators in the LHC chain last year :)
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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 know this may sound stupid, but I got into this business when I say 2001 A Space Odyssey (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). My plan was to eventually do special effects for movies. Somehow, that didn't happen. I think it had to do with not knowing what avenue(s) to take to get there.
What does an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac do? He lies awake at night wondering if there's a dog.
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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
Catching the cheetah, what a fun challenge. The exercise will keep you healthy, trying to outsmart it will keep your mind nimble. To believe that one can actually get paid for that and program too!