updating ma skillz
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John M. Drescher wrote:
How about object cobol
OK. I object to Cobol!:)
Henry Minute Never read Medical books. You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Damn - someone beat me to it. Your post was first on the next page, I didn't see it when I made mine....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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I HATE Sharepoint programming. But it is a skill in demand. There little in the way of good documentation and examples, plus Sharepoint is buggy and debugging is brutal. You spend more time figuring out plumbing then you do writing code. I'm not sure if WPF and Silverlight are going to take off. I'm still waiting to see if that happens with them. Not everything MS pushes pans out like ASP.Net has.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Ever corrupt sharepoint's sql database just by changing settings or debugging?
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
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I would say Qt but I am not a windows only programmer any more.
John
Qt? The C++ UI by Trolltech?
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I have no comments. You've not had to fix as much crap VB5-6 code as I had to. The horrors.
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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Damn - someone beat me to it. Your post was first on the next page, I didn't see it when I made mine....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Given the time difference, I probably had the advantage of being awake!
Henry Minute Never read Medical books. You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
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We are always looking for SAS programmers. I have started studying it myself, but you have to be a freak'n statistical analyst to understand this stuff (which I'm not). 2 cents.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good GuyI've been using SAS for the past three months. It was quite a paradigm shift and date handling is just a real pain - you have a point though - SAS programmers are rare and in demand.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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We are always looking for SAS programmers. I have started studying it myself, but you have to be a freak'n statistical analyst to understand this stuff (which I'm not). 2 cents.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good GuyI've been reading and hearing about how SAS and SAP developers are in demand. I don't even know where to start learning that stuff, any ideas?
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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Qt? The C++ UI by Trolltech?
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Yes. If you have done MFC programming you will be amazed at how much functionality Qt has and how easy it is to build an application that will run on windows, mac and linux without code modifications.
John
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I've been reading and hearing about how SAS and SAP developers are in demand. I don't even know where to start learning that stuff, any ideas?
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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I've recently realized that I'm lagging behind a bit in the technology game. I've been so quagmired with Work and School that I haven't had the time to teach myself something up to date. I've decided to amend that. Any suggestions? WPF & Silverlight are both on my list of must learns. I'm looking for things that are more and more in demand by the market.
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
To be honest, I'd jump right into WPF and Silverlight if I were you. They are starting to gain traction, and they are very good.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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We are always looking for SAS programmers. I have started studying it myself, but you have to be a freak'n statistical analyst to understand this stuff (which I'm not). 2 cents.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good GuyThere a reason for that SAS (and SAP I believe) are one of the most convoluted and badly designed systems enterprise has ever been landed with.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I've recently realized that I'm lagging behind a bit in the technology game. I've been so quagmired with Work and School that I haven't had the time to teach myself something up to date. I've decided to amend that. Any suggestions? WPF & Silverlight are both on my list of must learns. I'm looking for things that are more and more in demand by the market.
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Hit the law books - you can't be worse than some practising lawyers you know :-)
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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I've been reading and hearing about how SAS and SAP developers are in demand. I don't even know where to start learning that stuff, any ideas?
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A colleague of mine spent 3 months getting to know the BI portion of SAS (with Oracle it took him 6 days to achieve the same thing). I was relieved when he chucked it out, the stress level in the office diminished remarkably.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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To be honest, I'd jump right into WPF and Silverlight if I were you. They are starting to gain traction, and they are very good.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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I've recently realized that I'm lagging behind a bit in the technology game. I've been so quagmired with Work and School that I haven't had the time to teach myself something up to date. I've decided to amend that. Any suggestions? WPF & Silverlight are both on my list of must learns. I'm looking for things that are more and more in demand by the market.
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If you're interested in web programming the new ASP.NET MVC architecture sure is purty. I would look into the following goop: C# Desktop application -> Web Service ->
Business Layer -> DatabaseWeb Application (WebForms or MVC) ->Business Layer -> DatabaseIn this case the Business Layer and Database can be shared/reused by both UI's. That should keep you busy for a while :DTodd Smith
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There a reason for that SAS (and SAP I believe) are one of the most convoluted and badly designed systems enterprise has ever been landed with.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
badly designed systems enterprise has ever been landed with.
paying $80 to $110 (USA) an hour for SAS talent. SAS has an IDE that looks very close to the first generation FORTRAN IDE's when they moved forward from the command prompt. That being said statisticians love SAS. I work with SAS programmers who use brief to edit code and PREFER THE COMMAND LINE. But SAS offers many utilities for statisticians to analyze large amounts of data "proc survey means" and it will be a player for quite a few years. ---NOTE--- When looking for SAS job, you don’t' apply like you are a "sas" programmer but rather you are an analyst in some subject matter universe (like morbidity and mortality). That being said we interviewed a lady just out of college who played with SAS for her thesis and we are willing to offer her $60k and we are cheap basturds.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good Guy -
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
badly designed systems enterprise has ever been landed with.
paying $80 to $110 (USA) an hour for SAS talent. SAS has an IDE that looks very close to the first generation FORTRAN IDE's when they moved forward from the command prompt. That being said statisticians love SAS. I work with SAS programmers who use brief to edit code and PREFER THE COMMAND LINE. But SAS offers many utilities for statisticians to analyze large amounts of data "proc survey means" and it will be a player for quite a few years. ---NOTE--- When looking for SAS job, you don’t' apply like you are a "sas" programmer but rather you are an analyst in some subject matter universe (like morbidity and mortality). That being said we interviewed a lady just out of college who played with SAS for her thesis and we are willing to offer her $60k and we are cheap basturds.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good GuyOh I don't disagree that it pays well and there is an excellent market out there for talented SAS people. Having seen a good/excellent DBA struggle with SAS BI for 3 months to acheive some results which he then duplicated in 6 days using Oracle I question it's productivity. Even taking into account the fact that he was repeating the process the disparity was just too much. He did however state at the end that given the resources he could get more out of SAS than Oracle. The sticking point was the resources, SAS recommended 5 people to develop and support the requirements within the specified time frame. Oracle put forward 2 people (and they had lower rates).
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I've been reading and hearing about how SAS and SAP developers are in demand. I don't even know where to start learning that stuff, any ideas?
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
We have an enterprise license so I go through the help files. I don't know what you do if you are on the outside. You would think that they would have some free tools to allow students to learn this stuff.
MrPlankton
(bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
(good guy)"Which is where?"
(bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."
Dean Koontz, The Good Guy -
I have no comments. You've not had to fix as much crap VB5-6 code as I had to. The horrors.
Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful
Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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Yes. If you have done MFC programming you will be amazed at how much functionality Qt has and how easy it is to build an application that will run on windows, mac and linux without code modifications.
John
Thanks John, downloaded the OS version and I'll play with it when I get the chance :)
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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib