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Can a web designer become Developer?

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    Wild Programmer
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    Hi, I have a friend of mine in my company who works as Web Designer. He knows little bit of java script and has NO programming background. He has 10 years experience working as web designer. From the past few days he is after me to teach him .NET and wants to become developer. I explained him that programming is not so easy task but he is not ready to accept. To give him an example, I told him to give me the logic for palindrome, but unfortunately he couldn't. I know nothing is impossible to do if you wish. But can really a web designer become a programmer after spending 10 years in his profession and without a base in development. Will it be worth for him to spend on coaching classes and start development as a fresher at this point of his career. Please suggest.:confused:

    If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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      Hi, I have a friend of mine in my company who works as Web Designer. He knows little bit of java script and has NO programming background. He has 10 years experience working as web designer. From the past few days he is after me to teach him .NET and wants to become developer. I explained him that programming is not so easy task but he is not ready to accept. To give him an example, I told him to give me the logic for palindrome, but unfortunately he couldn't. I know nothing is impossible to do if you wish. But can really a web designer become a programmer after spending 10 years in his profession and without a base in development. Will it be worth for him to spend on coaching classes and start development as a fresher at this point of his career. Please suggest.:confused:

      If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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      Lost User
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      Tell him to work through this book[^]. If he has the abilities necessary to become a programmer he should find it fairly easy.

      I must get a clever new signature for 2011.

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        Hi, I have a friend of mine in my company who works as Web Designer. He knows little bit of java script and has NO programming background. He has 10 years experience working as web designer. From the past few days he is after me to teach him .NET and wants to become developer. I explained him that programming is not so easy task but he is not ready to accept. To give him an example, I told him to give me the logic for palindrome, but unfortunately he couldn't. I know nothing is impossible to do if you wish. But can really a web designer become a programmer after spending 10 years in his profession and without a base in development. Will it be worth for him to spend on coaching classes and start development as a fresher at this point of his career. Please suggest.:confused:

        If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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        Dalek Dave
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        Can an accountant?

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          Tell him to work through this book[^]. If he has the abilities necessary to become a programmer he should find it fairly easy.

          I must get a clever new signature for 2011.

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          Thank you so much :)

          If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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            Can an accountant?

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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            Wild Programmer
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            You are an exception to that. You must be awesome. After spending 20 years as an accountant you became developer. Why did you leave it though? In my country accountants are happy people. :)

            If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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              You are an exception to that. You must be awesome. After spending 20 years as an accountant you became developer. Why did you leave it though? In my country accountants are happy people. :)

              If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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              Kasson
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              Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote:

              In my country accountants are happy people.

              I completely Disagree.

              With Regards, Kasson. Birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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              • D Dalek Dave

                Can an accountant?

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                RichardGrimmer
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                Not that I've seen ;P

                C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.

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                • K Kasson

                  Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote:

                  In my country accountants are happy people.

                  I completely Disagree.

                  With Regards, Kasson. Birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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                  Kasson wrote:

                  Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote: In my country accountants are happy people. I completely Disagree.

                  Really? :)

                  thatraja


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                  • W Wild Programmer

                    Hi, I have a friend of mine in my company who works as Web Designer. He knows little bit of java script and has NO programming background. He has 10 years experience working as web designer. From the past few days he is after me to teach him .NET and wants to become developer. I explained him that programming is not so easy task but he is not ready to accept. To give him an example, I told him to give me the logic for palindrome, but unfortunately he couldn't. I know nothing is impossible to do if you wish. But can really a web designer become a programmer after spending 10 years in his profession and without a base in development. Will it be worth for him to spend on coaching classes and start development as a fresher at this point of his career. Please suggest.:confused:

                    If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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                    fjdiewornncalwe
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                    The answer is yes, if he is capable. I spent the first 10 years of my working life as a graphic artist in the printing industry, but down deep in the depths of my soul I knew along that I was really a code-geek. The catch is that very, very few developers who are self taught are any good because the bad habits picked up this way are usually very detrimental to professional software development. So if your friend wants to become a developer, I would suggest that he enrolls in appropriate theory and language courses that will set him on the right track to thinking the right way. Cheers.

                    I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Can an accountant?

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                      fjdiewornncalwe
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                      In you case, do you really want us to answer that... :)

                      I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                      • K Kasson

                        Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote:

                        In my country accountants are happy people.

                        I completely Disagree.

                        With Regards, Kasson. Birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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                        fjdiewornncalwe
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                        You just don't know the ones with the well-cooked books.

                        I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                          You are an exception to that. You must be awesome. After spending 20 years as an accountant you became developer. Why did you leave it though? In my country accountants are happy people. :)

                          If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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                          Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote:

                          You must be awesome

                          Can you get your tongue anyfurther up Daves but?

                          "It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville

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                          • W Wild Programmer

                            Hi, I have a friend of mine in my company who works as Web Designer. He knows little bit of java script and has NO programming background. He has 10 years experience working as web designer. From the past few days he is after me to teach him .NET and wants to become developer. I explained him that programming is not so easy task but he is not ready to accept. To give him an example, I told him to give me the logic for palindrome, but unfortunately he couldn't. I know nothing is impossible to do if you wish. But can really a web designer become a programmer after spending 10 years in his profession and without a base in development. Will it be worth for him to spend on coaching classes and start development as a fresher at this point of his career. Please suggest.:confused:

                            If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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                            Lost User
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                            Art to engineering? Thats a fair leap of mindset...

                            "It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville

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                            • K Kasson

                              Amit Kumar Tiwari wrote:

                              In my country accountants are happy people.

                              I completely Disagree.

                              With Regards, Kasson. Birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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                              Wild Programmer
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                              Well this link http://www.naukrihub.com/accounting-jobs/[^] says something about accountants. I dont know about them personally but saw some facts on websites, so commented like that.

                              If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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                                The answer is yes, if he is capable. I spent the first 10 years of my working life as a graphic artist in the printing industry, but down deep in the depths of my soul I knew along that I was really a code-geek. The catch is that very, very few developers who are self taught are any good because the bad habits picked up this way are usually very detrimental to professional software development. So if your friend wants to become a developer, I would suggest that he enrolls in appropriate theory and language courses that will set him on the right track to thinking the right way. Cheers.

                                I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                                Wild Programmer
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                                Thanks I will let him know your suggestion.

                                If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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