Current Ramblings
Monday, August 09, 2004
I really like Energon Tow-Line. He's like the illicit love child of Thunderclash and Skids. Maybe if I'm feeling cruel I could whip up a fanfic to that effect.
Coming up on my 26th birthday, and in light of all the problems I've been having at work, I have decided to go back to school part-time and learn computer programming. My mom has been generous enough to offer to pay for my tuition and books (assuming I don't try to go to some pricy-as-fuck school like OSU), and I've started the process of seeking out information from local community colleges and tech schools about their programs. I probably won't start until winter quarter, which will give me time to feel confident about my plans and brace myself for the work. Computer programming is something I've always kind of envied people for knowing, but for some reason it never occurred to me, despite being reasonably clever and generally good with computers, to pursue it as a career, and I didn't know where to start learning it as a hobby. When I graduated from high school, Computer Science seemed like a somewhat frivolous degree choice. Even my friend Chip (Hi, Chip!) started as a CS major and changed to English. But culture has started keeping up with technology, making computers not just a niche but a necessity, and the IT career path seems to have stabilized.
So I ask of those of you in the know: What advice would you give someone looking to start a computer programming career? What sorts of courses should I look for, what languages would be best to focus on and which are on their way out? Is web programming a good way to go, or is there too much competition? What Would Mainframe Do?
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