Job Desperation?
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
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I think you picked up a newspaper from 15 years ago - check the date :laugh:
...and I have extensive experience writing computer code, including OIC, BTW, BRB, IMHO, LMAO, ROFL, TTYL.....
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I think the real question is does he know how computers do math! :rolleyes:
"The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
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The ad was posted 28 minutes ago :| .... Newspapers? Do they still make those... ? :doh:
-= Reelix =-
Well, I come from an even less developed part of Africa than you. Online classifieds are definitely not the norm in this place. Print is still king in the darkest reaches. :-D
...and I have extensive experience writing computer code, including OIC, BTW, BRB, IMHO, LMAO, ROFL, TTYL.....
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
I hear there are some pretty well paying jobs for cobol developers as there are a few companies that haven't upgraded systems and the language is scarce. I dunno which is worse, that you say the ad is recent or that I'm familiar with the technologies except cobol.
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I hear there are some pretty well paying jobs for cobol developers as there are a few companies that haven't upgraded systems and the language is scarce. I dunno which is worse, that you say the ad is recent or that I'm familiar with the technologies except cobol.
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
Welcome to the early 1990's... PC's don't need "fixing" anymore. You just throw the broken one away and run down to McDonald's and order one with your Happy Meal.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"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 -
Pascal,Delphi pre .Net days C++ tertiary education and six month arb solo development job VB - book distribution platform on Psion teklogix devices ( VB on Windows CE with SQLCE ) I've been around ;P *edit* hmmm that was probably vb.net soz
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I hear there are some pretty well paying jobs for cobol developers as there are a few companies that haven't upgraded systems and the language is scarce. I dunno which is worse, that you say the ad is recent or that I'm familiar with the technologies except cobol.
If you want a real scarey image, Google "visual cobol." One new version operates as an extension to Visual Studio 2010. Yes, my friend: not only are people still USING COBOL, they are still creating development platforms for it. :~
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
Recruiters still call about Vb6 and Access and to be honest, C++ and HTML are highly relevant techs. I am surprised how many .NET Web Architects aren't familiar with HTML or Javascript. Embarrassing really.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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If you want a real scarey image, Google "visual cobol." One new version operates as an extension to Visual Studio 2010. Yes, my friend: not only are people still USING COBOL, they are still creating development platforms for it. :~
Dear Lord, I think the closest I got to cobol was DBASEIII and that luckily was just reading the text file db structure/content and importing it into normalised sql.
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If you want a real scarey image, Google "visual cobol." One new version operates as an extension to Visual Studio 2010. Yes, my friend: not only are people still USING COBOL, they are still creating development platforms for it. :~
And you complain about others having a go at your language of choice. Just the tiniest bit hypocritical there.
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
I want to clarify: That was not me. I am not looking for
Reelix wrote:
enjoyable job
as that is an oxymoron that I know does not exist.
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Whilst browsing the local IT classifieds, I saw the following:
Wanted: IT wizard
I m looking for enjoyable job in IT field. Turbo pascal, delphi 5, cobol 85, c++ ,html,VB, pc fixing ,, maintainanc, web site design using html n network. should be in *Removed* .Wow.... Is it just me, or do some of these seem a bit... outdated?
-= Reelix =-
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If you want a real scarey image, Google "visual cobol." One new version operates as an extension to Visual Studio 2010. Yes, my friend: not only are people still USING COBOL, they are still creating development platforms for it. :~
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And you complain about others having a go at your language of choice. Just the tiniest bit hypocritical there.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
I am not "having a go" at anyone's choice of language. That doesn't make it any less astonishing that a programming language as old as COBOL is not only still around but still being actively developed.
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You can use that to meld .net for new features into the legacy apps you can't put out of your misery...
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
I understand that there is an awful lot of legacy code out there; I got my current job in 1996 by being the only person interviewed who would admit to knowing COBOL (at that time, my company actually had an IBM minicomputer running JCL and using batched RM-COBOL applets over a non-relational database. I still have nightmares.) I just find it amazing that COBOL is still around. The financial industry (where I work) was forced by federal regulation to address the Y2K problem; most firms abandoned the old COBOL programs and upgraded to newer systems. It always surprises me that there is still enough of the codebase still in use to merit continued development of COBOL programming platforms.
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I am not "having a go" at anyone's choice of language. That doesn't make it any less astonishing that a programming language as old as COBOL is not only still around but still being actively developed.
There's a lot more COBOL code around than VB code. A lot of the worlds largest institutions still have a load of legacy code. Why is it surprising that they would want to be supported?
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
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I beg to differ. 1. Pascal and Delphi are both variants of Pascal, Delphi adding OO extensions. 2. C++ is an extension of C, adding OO extensions 3. VB is an extension of BASIC, with extensions I'd hesitate to call OO (until VB.NET) So in all 3 cases you're looking at a procedural language extended with OO functionality. To me, a wide skill base should cover at least one other paradigm: functional (LISP, ...), logical (PROLOG) or really object-oriented (Smalltalk) (I've tried to keep to languages available at the time). Switching paradigm has a more profound effect on your approach to programming, and is something I cannot recommend highly enough.
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Welcome to the early 1990's... PC's don't need "fixing" anymore. You just throw the broken one away and run down to McDonald's and order one with your Happy Meal.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"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, 1997PC's are pretty cheap nowadays... but I still see people hanging on to old technology like it was worth a million bucks! :doh:
