Question:
how do you become a success full programer?
matthew p
2010-03-14 16:09:13 UTC
I'm doing a foundation degree and in my last mouths of completing it. I what to find a job in IT and also want to do the full degree. How do I become a successful programmer so I can find employment.
Five answers:
cyndymw
2010-03-14 16:20:31 UTC
Start by ignoring mean people who don't have any positive advice to give. :o)

Although, spelling is important, so be sure to triple check anything you send to a prospective employer.



Gaining job experience is perhaps the most important as aspect to becoming successful, but getting that first job can be difficult. What I did to get into my first programming job, and gain that all-important experience, is to talk to the IT manager at a company where I already worked in a non-technical role. I explained to her my interest in programming, and that I was teaching myself to program in VB. When a programming project came up, she invited me to apply. At first, I didn't make any more money than I had when I was in the non-technical role. However, I was able to work alongside some more experienced programmers and learn from them. 3 years later, I moved on to another company with better pay, and was able to apply the experience I had gained at my first job.



Be willing to humble yourself in pay and job level for a while, and get any experience you can under your belt. Listen to your bosses, teachers, more experienced co-workers, and peers. Absorb everything you can read and learn like a sponge, and you will become successful.



Good luck!
Debra
2016-04-12 09:28:39 UTC
Unfortunately, the reality of the dot com bomb means very few jobs for people who are self-taught programmers. While there are plenty of jobs for .NET programmers out there, many companies now what at least a 1-2 years experience and a bachelors in some computer field (MIS, CIS, CS, SEng, CompEng). I've been involved in hiring for my company (on the Fortune 10 list) and our group would never consider an un-degreed programmer unless they had at least 5-10 years full time experience, and even then the odds would be against you. I'm sure there are small companies that might give you a chance, but even those are becoming rare. When I switched fields into programming I first got a part-time entry position doing web apps in PERL. Variables are the most basic concept in programming. If you are having trouble with that you've got a long way to go. I strongly suggest taking some introductory programming courses at a local JC. There are plenty of other IT positions - programming is actually one of the smallest. There are sys and network admin positions, help desk, DB admin, application support, testing, business analyst, architects of various types, and now things like Scrum Master. I knew a guy who got started as a help desk technician and after a few JC classes got a position in his company as an entry level programmer. Good luck
korgrue
2010-03-14 16:11:33 UTC
By learning how to spell successful.
Stage Fright
2010-03-14 16:10:55 UTC
start with learning how to spell " Successful "
Keegan McCarthy
2010-03-14 16:18:45 UTC
by using dictionaries (hehehe) double entendre


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