Programming vs Networking (just in terms of difficulty)?
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ? -
i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ? -
i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Both can be very challenging, but programming is potentially more difficult. Still, being really good at configuring and protecting networks can be every bit as difficult. Of the two, being a mediocre programmer is somewhat harder than being a mediocre networking guru. Both, however, require better typing skills than you appear to possess.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?YES! :thumbsup:
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?After you remove all of the specifics related to each field, they both are careers fundamentally focused around problem-solving. Networking can be simple, it depends on the size of networks that you deal with, the number of nodes, types of physical transports, routing and security protocols. Programming, what part do you find difficult? Programming is a much broader subject, however, you don't need to know all of it. Just focus on the set of skills required for your job. Don't aim towards mastering either of these fields, because there is too much to learn to ever master them. However, both fields are so broad that if you find yourself bored in one sector, give a different aspect of the field a try. To actually give you an answer to your question, I think networking may be more difficult to get going at first, because there is quite a bit of up front knowledge that you need to perform fundamental tasks. Once you have entered and practiced a bit, you'll start to rely more on your trouble-shooting skills to find and fix problems. Programming is probably easier to enter. With as much sample code that exists on the Internet it's not difficult for many to fake it and get a program to appear to work, and yet not know why. To become a good programmer you're still going to develop some strong problem-solving/trouble-shooting skills to succeed. Above all, look for something that you enjoy. You're less likely to succeed if you don't enjoy what you do.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Nothing is easy untill you are having knowledge about it. Networking, once you get enough knowledge will be easy for you too.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Have you considered a career flipping burgers. It could be every bit as challenging and interesting for you.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Depends on what you're trying to program: o Your dog to roll over o A universal remote control o DVR to record your favorite program o Your wife how to cook - NOT for the faint of heart o Your neighbor to not have his dog poop in your yard While Networking; o On your favorite social site is easy o CodeProject - depends a lot on you attitude o Face to face - no one does that anymore do they? Well the permutations are endless but this should give you a place to start
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You also asked this question on Yahoo Answers, so there's a 90% chance that you're either: 0) a total noob in every sense of the word, or 1) a bad troll that goes for easy targets and still fails Because those are their key demographics.
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You also asked this question on Yahoo Answers, so there's a 90% chance that you're either: 0) a total noob in every sense of the word, or 1) a bad troll that goes for easy targets and still fails Because those are their key demographics.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?Most things in life are hard to master, it depends on your ability and your motivation. If you find programming hard and boring then it is probably not a good career choice. And if you know nothing about networking there is no way you can decide that that is a good career choice. Find something that you are interested in.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ? -
i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?If you want to go for something easy I would avoid IT altogether - networking gets incredibly complex. Some of the brightest people I know, work in the area of computer networks.
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basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?
The only way to answer that question, grasshopper, is to say that mastering anything will, at times, require sitting and staying with what is difficult and what may seem to be extremely boring.
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Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
So companies who have hundreds of developers and manage with say 5-10 IT professionals are doing it wrong then? Per what you said it would be more reasonable if there where hundreds of IT professionals and only 10 software developers.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
So companies who have hundreds of developers and manage with say 5-10 IT professionals are doing it wrong then? Per what you said it would be more reasonable if there where hundreds of IT professionals and only 10 software developers.
Not necessarily; too many cooks spoil the infrastructure.
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?This is oddly similar to a question I answered on Quora. Marc
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i have been around programming a little while and i think its a little bit too hard for me! and sometimes extremely boring.
i have no networking background so, i thought it would be a good idea to ask people who've been into both programming and networking. basically i just wanna know which field is harder to get on with and master ?This is a question that you should answer for yourself after obtaining a bit of background in both areas. I encourage you to get involved in both areas. After a while, you will get to understand which of the two is a good fit for you. The answer that you come up with will be specific to you and to no one else. Different people have different backgrounds and consider different things to be interesting or boring, difficult or hard. So go ahead and get involved in the areas that you think might interest you and might be a good fit for you. After a while you will know if an area is a good match for you or not. But be careful. The answers you find may be useful only to you. Other people may come up with completely different answers for themselves.
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Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise application is more difficult than networking.
Fixed it for you :) All things are relative.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Setting up, configuring, securing, and maintaniing a large enterprise network is more difficult than software development.
So companies who have hundreds of developers and manage with say 5-10 IT professionals are doing it wrong then? Per what you said it would be more reasonable if there where hundreds of IT professionals and only 10 software developers.
Amount of effort needed and difficulty are not really correlated at all. Software development companies hire lots of developers because they are producing the item that is being sold at the end, whereas network administration is an overhead that is to be minimised.
