wyrd Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 I'm curious as to what the folks on these forums actually do for a living. I've been randomly coming to these forums since they were put up and still have no clue as to what the regulars do in real life. :) I guess I should start; I'm a full time student, but it's summer right now so I'm taking what time I can to put the knowledge I've learned to some use in semi-real world applications, that way I can learn more. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Guest mutant Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Im still learning :) Started programming like 8 months ago, four of which were very poor attempts at programming in VB5/6, then after those 4 months i realized .NET is the way to go :). Before i started i looked at programming like some kind of very foreign language and wondered how people can do it :) Quote
hog Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 I'm a systems developer using VB, Access VBA and now VB.NET. Have programmed in (years agos PASCAL, C, C++, Assembler). Started life programming on the Sinclair ZX81, then onto commodore64 then into databases on PC for work. My programming experience has grown steadily with my work I do for my employer as well as fun stuff at home. Quote My website
wyrd Posted May 19, 2003 Author Posted May 19, 2003 Systems developer with VB? That's interesting... Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Madz Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 with VB might be using Active-X controls. coz its too much hard to develop Sytems with VB. Quote The one and only Dr. Madz eee-m@il
hog Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Strange.... Up til now I had developed numerous end user apps with Access97 & AccessXP mainly using VBA within. Since getting VS .NET Pro I have found it a dream to write applications using VB.NET and ADO.NET with a raw Access backend database. When things progress I'll move onto MSDE, but for now Access will do. The current app I'm writing, a maintenance servicing contracts system has been no harder to create using VB .NET than using Access VBA, in fact far more versatile! Quote My website
*Experts* Merrion Posted May 19, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 19, 2003 Freelance systems analyst/programmer. Mostly VB5/6 on Sybase with a tad of VB.Net and SQL Server Quote Printer Monitor for .NET? - see Merrion Computing Ltd for details
a_jam_sandwich Posted May 19, 2003 Posted May 19, 2003 Mortgage Application Programmer VB.NET, Delphi, VB6, ASP, ASP.NET Andy Quote Code today gone tomorrow!
Leaders John Posted May 19, 2003 Leaders Posted May 19, 2003 I am a full time computer science student as well as working 40 hours a week. My job couldn't be any further away from programming and it isn't really anything worth mentioning. :-\ Quote "These Patriot playoff wins are like Ray Charles songs, Nantucket sunsets, and hot fudge sundaes. Each one is better than the last." - Dan Shaughnessy
JIMcFadyen Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Systems Developer/Database Admin. Currently VB.net, ASP.net, SQL Server and a few legacy dBase systems from around the time of the Ark. John Quote
Madz Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Me a Developer in Internet Services Provide just doing nothing all day sitting in fornt of computer and searching for more download able developr tools. Download is like having sex More you do more you wanna have Mostly work with Borland C++ and Microsoft C++ and now with C# and .NET classes so much enjoyment with this. Quote The one and only Dr. Madz eee-m@il
Leaders Squirm Posted May 20, 2003 Leaders Posted May 20, 2003 Full-time CS degree student just finished (today) my first year. The course is in Java, VB is more of a hobby. I'm still using VB6 and C++ a lot and am more active over at our sister site. :) Quote Search the forums | Still IRCing | Be nice
wyrd Posted May 20, 2003 Author Posted May 20, 2003 Squirm: Cool, you're not to far behind me. Make sure you take the first Data Structures course by the end of your second year. :) It's required to take 90% of the upper division courses and is transferable anywhere (at least, this is true for all of the California colleges I've looked at) Orbity: Sounds suspiciously like a porn star. :) Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Guest mutant Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Orbity: Sounds suspiciously like a porn star. :) :rolleyes: I see most of you are almost done with education :) Anyone planning on joining bill and his crew in their quest when you finish? :) ;) Quote
wyrd Posted May 21, 2003 Author Posted May 21, 2003 Anyone planning on joining bill and his crew in their quest when you finish? :) ;) :confused: Explain. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Leaders Squirm Posted May 21, 2003 Leaders Posted May 21, 2003 Hint: mutant's avatar is a clue. Quote Search the forums | Still IRCing | Be nice
*Gurus* divil Posted May 21, 2003 *Gurus* Posted May 21, 2003 I intend to join Bill and his crew as soon as they contact me with an offer :P Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
wyrd Posted May 21, 2003 Author Posted May 21, 2003 Hint: mutant's avatar is a clue. Oh. :p Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
Guest mutant Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Oh. :p Hehe :) I would have nothing against him if he stopped thinking with money. Quote
wyrd Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 Hehe :) I would have nothing against him if he stopped thinking with money. Please don't turn my thread into a flame war of anti-MS propaganda. Start another thread for that. Quote Gamer extraordinaire. Programmer wannabe.
*Gurus* divil Posted May 22, 2003 *Gurus* Posted May 22, 2003 Anti-ms propaganda kind of loses any impact it might have had when it's posted on a forum devoted to developing with a platform MS invented ;) Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
Guest mutant Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 This is no way anti-MS propaganda. I specifically said Bill. I got nothing against MS, Windows is a great OS, i hope they make even better one, the platform is great. There is a difference about not liking one person and a whole huge company :) Quote
ashrobo Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 a student taking computer engineering here.. currently on a project hence the need to use visual basic .net Quote
*Experts* jfackler Posted May 25, 2003 *Experts* Posted May 25, 2003 I'm a little late on this reply, sorry. I'm just back from Jamaica, great vacation. A woman on the beach asked who was reading the SQL programing book on vacation and then emphatically labeled me a freak when I admitted it was mine. I'm an obstetrician/gynecologist, in practice for 17 years. I'm not sure but I bet that beats Orbitys job in terms of far removed from the programming world. I've got an AS400 in my basement that I retired from my billing department last year. It is still a source of amusement for me now. It wasn't obsolete, but we went to a new platfrom. I write code for my office and fellow physicians, diverse stuff, mostly related to payroll, payables and recievables....and file management stuff (monitoring services). Database manipulation (thus the SQL freak thing) is a favorite theme and ADO.net has lead to an interest in ASP.net. Interesting thread Wyrd, thanks for starting it. Jon Quote
*Gurus* Thinker Posted May 25, 2003 *Gurus* Posted May 25, 2003 I've got an AS400 in my basement that I retired from my billing department last year. It is still a source of amusement for me now. What kind of amusement can you get from an AS400? Don't you know those things cause cancer - you should get rid of it. ;) ;) Quote Posting Guidelines
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