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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: LincolnB on July 28, 2011, 11:21:28 am
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Title says it all. Seeing as a lot of people on this site are in high school (me too!), I'm curious to see if anyone else is employed as a programmer, as I will be this upcoming school year.
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Can you add a "no, but you want to be" option?
And is it possible to be hired as a programmer while in college?
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Can you add a "no, but you want to be" option?
And is it possible to be hired as a programmer while in college?
In my country, you can work, as long as you're 16 or older.
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Same here, though for programming most places want credentials or a diploma. :/ Or at the very least experience.
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You should better ask, who of the ADULT persons are working as programmers - I'me 14 :P
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You should better ask, who of the ADULT persons are working as programmers - I'me 14 :P
16 is not adult, but you can work and get paid as a programmer :P
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yeah...
You're right.
so, I'm not paied as a programmer.
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You should better ask, who of the ADULT persons are working as programmers - I'me 14 :P
I'm in tenth grade - and getting a programming job in like two months
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You should better ask, who of the ADULT persons are working as programmers - I'me 14 :P
I'm in tenth grade - and getting a programming job in like two months
Where are you interning? I'm thinking of considering working with some place like MITRE next year when I'm 16 if they take me.
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It's called the Space Center - basically where you go with a bunch of friends, and they put you in a 'ship' (read: computer lab) with a big display screen and a computer or two for everyone, and you do missions and stuff. http://spacecamputah.org Check out this site <- for more info. So yeah. What's MITRE, btw?
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Most programming jobs over here requires a DEC (collegiate diploma) or a baccalaureate, depends where you want to apply. Some companies have training sessions though.
Personally, I'm currently trying to complete college (called CEGEP here) in computer science, then I'll maybe go in university.
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I do freelance programming and web-design, but I'm not actually employed by a company, so no...
Edit: On the topic of colleges and stuff, you can find programming jobs and internships that don't require college degrees, but having a degree (or at least being enrolled) will give you a MUCH higher chance of getting the position. There's no law that states that a company can't hire you until you have a degree.
Edit 2: I am friends with a few programmers, designers, and QA people for some large industries such as Disney Interactive, Dreamworks, and EA Games. They've all given me pretty much the same answer when I've asked about the best route to take right now. Basically, the most important thing that you can do right now is start getting a portfolio together. Put yourself out there for small projects that you find, even places like Craigslist. Offer to do it for very little money, or even to do it for free, just to get some projects and references on your resume.
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I help others with programming projects (I also have my own) and make websites for myself to see what I can do from time to time. My friends and I are thinking of making a company sometime where we would try to make some money and split it... (If we don't make over USD$3,000 per year, we don't have to pay taxes ;D)
As for colleges, I'm seriously looking into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL because they have a course there that, after 5 years, gives you a masters in Software Engineering and a bachelors of science in Computer Engineering. Between your third and fourth, and fourth and fifth years the course has you intern at businesses that specialize in developing software, so that's a bonus.
EDIT: Here (http://www.erau.edu/db/degrees/b-computer-5yr-software.html)'s the course I was talking about, if you're interested.
EDIT2: I'm only going into my junior year of high school, but from the course I've taken/will take, it looks like I'll be able to skip most classes for freshman year if I go there >.>
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I work 8 hours every weekday as a web developer. Today, I'm working on making a website better than it's old shitty version. Check it out: Original (http://www.dsoft-cms.com/) / New (WIP) (http://dcms.dsofttechhosting.net)
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Luckily, I have a contact in Raven Software where I want to eventually work. I also have a friend who's starting a Creative Concepts company. So I will have a job in programming or at least Game Design/Development overall. As for college I'm thinking Full Sail University.
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I work 8 hours every weekday as a web developer. Today, I'm working on making a website better than it's old shitty version. Check it out: Original (http://www.dsoft-cms.com/) / New (WIP) (http://dcms.dsofttechhosting.net)
Nice job on the newer version; it looks a lot better imo.
Luckily, I have a contact in Raven Software where I want to eventually work. I also have a friend who's starting a Creative Concepts company. So I will have a job in programming or at least Game Design/Development overall. As for college I'm thinking Full Sail University.
The company that my friend wants to start will be based on game programming, but I'm torn between that and enterprise software development :\
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THe old one doesn't look that bad, but the new one is definitively much better. I was gonna work as programmer before, but then I realized durign my studies that computer and web programming was just not for me, then I dropped out.
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I doubt I'll ever look for a job as a programmer, just like I don't try to sell artwork. I don't want to get paid for something I do as a hobby.
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I am just programming as an hobby, and i don't think i'll ever get a job as a programmer. Right now I'm studying science and technology, so i'm also not in the right school to become a programmer.
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It's called the Space Center - basically where you go with a bunch of friends, and they put you in a 'ship' (read: computer lab) with a big display screen and a computer or two for everyone, and you do missions and stuff. http://spacecamputah.org Check out this site <- for more info. So yeah. What's MITRE, btw?
This MITRE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MITRE). Don't confuse with MITR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MITR), I don't plan on working in one of those cancer machines.
They lately have been collecting a shitload of Haskell gurus, so I want to hang With some of these guys. Since my two languages of interest right now are Ruby and Haskell (I'm better in Ruby; I'm still learning haskell's intermediate-advanced to advanced-expert concepts, tricks, etc.) MITRE would be my choice to further my knowledge and experience in Haskell (plus, Haskell has a growing user base after 20 freakin years, it's being used more and more in commercial, industrial, and government applications, so a Haskell programmer is a decent asset; Good ruby programmers are also decently rare compared to thins like Python or PHP programmers, so that also makes me more valuable (plus I know it very well :3) ).
Since pretty much everybody in gaming industries use pretty much just C++ (ew) and c#, don't really have as much of a chance there, but then again it pays pretty horribly and I dont find it as fun of a "working job" -- I prefer game development more as a hobby type of thing.
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My answer: Somewhat. As a seasonal associate, I sometimes have to create Microsoft Office macros.
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I sort of do. I do a website for a teacher of mine. I am doing sort of what SirCmpwn did for that website, but its gonna look the same. its for a koi club with people in it who would probly not know how to navigate the site if i changed it. I am working on a much lighter version, because the current one was make in a WYSIWYG editor making it very... Bloated.
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My last job was making a lunar navigation system interface for astronauts. For my current job, I'm working at (and helping found) a new startup in augmented reality hyper-local search for mobile phones. Fun stuff... now you know why my activity has been going downhill for a while :P