How do I commit myself to side-projects?
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
James_Parsons wrote:
I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
If people would stop trying because somebody else already did it better, then the PC market would have never existed and we'd be working from the Workbench on an Amiga computer. I'm still missing a decent crossplatform SQL editor that supports all the DataProviders from .NET. So, if you're bored.. :rolleyes:
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Write something that interests you. Games, graphics, sound. Whatever it is that holds you interested.
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James_Parsons wrote:
I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
If people would stop trying because somebody else already did it better, then the PC market would have never existed and we'd be working from the Workbench on an Amiga computer. I'm still missing a decent crossplatform SQL editor that supports all the DataProviders from .NET. So, if you're bored.. :rolleyes:
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)
Of course the people who advanced the PC market had the connections, money, marketing to do so.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Quote:
someone has already done it and better than I could do it
If that's true, maybe you should hang up your keyboard. On the other hand, it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Decide on a project that interests you, even if there isn't necessarily a 'need' for it by others. Two projects I plan to complete are: First, a .NET based clone of a game I wrote back in high school on a Commodore PET - the game was, by nature of the platform, keyboard based. Now, I have other input options - mouse based with button to click instead of keyboard commands; better graphic options, possibly even sound (but, considering me, I doubt it) Second: a platform to track dependencies - forward and backwards from a starting point; that means I need to have an input mechanism, a search mechanism and a reporting mechanism. I've toyed with the idea of having a graphical representation of the output and being able to limit (or not) the number of predecessor and successors to an item.
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James_Parsons wrote:
I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
If people would stop trying because somebody else already did it better, then the PC market would have never existed and we'd be working from the Workbench on an Amiga computer. I'm still missing a decent crossplatform SQL editor that supports all the DataProviders from .NET. So, if you're bored.. :rolleyes:
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
we'd be working from the Workbench on an Amiga computer
It was good in it's day :)
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
a decent crossplatform SQL editor
Have you tried DataGrip from JetBrains?
Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
You've got to look forward, to the future. Make a power-governor for lightsabres.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Pick one: ByteStruck[^] Beta is 90% complete, just need to finish the matching algorithms. FlowSharp[^] and FlowSharpCode[^] I'm doing some really cool things with FlowSharpCode (which is now actually merged into FlowSharp) and of course there's a large TODO list (see Issues section) in FlowSharp itself. Projourn (sorry, no public link), a project journaling web app (much like a blog, but also different.) Some initial work has been done, including REST services and a WinForm client to play around with prototyping. :-D Marc
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Pick one: ByteStruck[^] Beta is 90% complete, just need to finish the matching algorithms. FlowSharp[^] and FlowSharpCode[^] I'm doing some really cool things with FlowSharpCode (which is now actually merged into FlowSharp) and of course there's a large TODO list (see Issues section) in FlowSharp itself. Projourn (sorry, no public link), a project journaling web app (much like a blog, but also different.) Some initial work has been done, including REST services and a WinForm client to play around with prototyping. :-D Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Wow, that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago ;P
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Wow, that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago ;P
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James_Parsons wrote:
that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago
Exactly. :) Hence the reason for creating it. :laugh: Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Collaborate on a project. Code to www.codeplex.com and find a project that interests you and get involved.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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James_Parsons wrote:
that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago
Exactly. :) Hence the reason for creating it. :laugh: Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Is this your site?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Is this your site?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
Kevin Marois wrote:
Is this your site?
Certainly. I wouldn't post a link to something that wasn't mine! Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Kevin Marois wrote:
Is this your site?
Certainly. I wouldn't post a link to something that wasn't mine! Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
What are you using on the backend?
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Kevin Marois wrote:
Is this your site?
Certainly. I wouldn't post a link to something that wasn't mine! Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
OK. Looks promising. When I go to Projects/Jobs = > View Public Projects/Jobs or Projects/Jobs = > Geek Matches I get "Route not found"
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
Well, Windows has already been done, but I don't think you'd have any problem doing it better.
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Of course the people who advanced the PC market had the connections, money, marketing to do so.
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James_Parsons wrote:
Of course the people who advanced the PC market had the connections, money, marketing to do so.
Ehr.. that is not exactly what happened. The OS became the standard thanks to software-piracy.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
we'd be working from the Workbench on an Amiga computer
It was good in it's day :)
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
a decent crossplatform SQL editor
Have you tried DataGrip from JetBrains?
Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
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I really want to make something.I'm bored, I have not touched any code for 6 months and as a bonus, it looks good to employers to have side projects (supposedly) The problem is, I can't find and commit to an idea. I want to make something practical. Sure, I could make a clone of something or make yet another boring todo list, but what's the point. Employers aren't going to care that you built a clone of (insert something here) that has 0 active users and just sits in a Github repo. I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
i cri evry tiem
James_Parsons wrote:
I have not touched any code for 6 months
James_Parsons wrote:
it looks good to employers
Um, er, why haven't you touched code in 6 months? Reason why I ask is because you mention this fact in the same paragraph as the word "employers". I would not hire you if you haven't touched code in 6 months without a very, very good reason. Just curious.