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01 August 2002, 10:07 PM
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I use assembler when I can to speed up my Delphi code. Works a treat 
Si, programming isn't stressful, it is the managers and the users that make it stressful with feature creep and difficulty deciding what the hell they want
Si, programming isn't stressful, it is the managers and the users that make it stressful with feature creep and difficulty deciding what the hell they want
01 August 2002, 10:17 PM
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To be honest my main flaw with programing is i cant do the maths! never did A level so the jump is massive once ive done maths programming will get easy!
at college i loved it! my C project was 22k charaters and 13pages! worked a treat now there 20programs that take weeks
at college i loved it! my C project was 22k charaters and 13pages! worked a treat now there 20programs that take weeks
02 August 2002, 07:57 AM
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Apparently there is a few Quid in IT Security...apparently...
As for core switchs.....Extreme Networks with 10Gb cards
and Juniper Routers
Or you can just do Cisco 65xx, not as pretty to look at though
Jeff
As for core switchs.....Extreme Networks with 10Gb cards
and Juniper Routers Or you can just do Cisco 65xx, not as pretty to look at though
Jeff
02 August 2002, 08:58 AM
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They did teach us good stuff at uni on a comp sci degree - Leeds Uni. Two courses of professional development (or "how to get managers to do what you want them to do"), management of large IT systems ("common sense for beginners"), ...
02 August 2002, 09:57 AM
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Si, programming isn't stressful, it is the managers and the users that make it stressful with feature creep and difficulty deciding what the hell they want
Personally, my degree course was 95% tosh. Most useful bit was writing a VB front end onto an Oracle DB.
02 August 2002, 10:02 AM
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My CompSci course was great. Well, the bits I turned up to. 
<ensuring continued employment>
If I were you, though, Si, I'd avoid programming. Despite being extremely short of staff and in many cases massively overpaid, the IT industry is boring, stressful, tiring, unrewarding and very hard work.
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<ensuring continued employment>
If I were you, though, Si, I'd avoid programming. Despite being extremely short of staff and in many cases massively overpaid, the IT industry is boring, stressful, tiring, unrewarding and very hard work.
</that should put him off>