Re: Where to go... Programmer is lost!

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From: Kevin Spencer (kevin_at_DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:56:36 -0500

> I really want to get deep into VB, Java and programming for Windows and
> the
> web but I can't find anything but the most basic of courses.

> What can a programmer do???

A programmer can solve the problem. Syntax and logic do not a programmer
make. Problem-solving does. So, let's take a look at your requirements, and
see if we can't come up with a solution.

When I wanted to study programming, I was poor, and didn't have a computer.
So, I used a computer in my work place after hours. I couldn't afford a
compiler, so I found a command-line shareware compiler on a local BBS. I
couldn't afford any classes, so I taught myself. I found some cheap books on
programming (C in particular at the time) and started creating projects for
myself, starting very small, and working my way up to larger projects.
Within 2 years I had my own consulting business. 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.
"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message 
news:%234$p2iPHFHA.3076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hey all!
>
> I've been programming for years... dBase III, Clipper, 6809 assembler,
> Qbasic, VB 6, VB DotNet... Not really an expert at any of them, but
> definately have the logic down as a programmer.
>
> My biggest hurdle is trying to learn the IDE and idiosyncrasies of each
> language. For example:
>
> - I use the IDE as simply a text editor that uses colour to indicate
> context. I have no idea what most of the IDE is actually used for.
> - In DotNet a colour is an object. Very hard to write and retrieve a 
> colour
> from a text file.
> - Just trying to make sense of the MSDN documentation to find API calls 
> and
> obscure object properties and events is a major task in itself.
>
> I've taken several courses and they usually amount to building a "Hello
> world!" program with some simple sequential file I/O... Nothing that would
> be used in real life.
>
> I really want to get deep into VB, Java and programming for Windows and 
> the
> web but I can't find anything but the most basic of courses.
>
> What can a programmer do???
>
> Thx!
>
>

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