I want a job

[PRIVATE1]

Hey Guys ,
I've been thinking about going to school for VB . If you program VB for a living would you tell me how the money is and your job ?

just curious ,
[]P

[SteveCRM]

Im only 15 but for a homework assignment we had to do this...I don't have any figures for you but I looked at these sites:

http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb there is a job search in there

http://www.monster.com

good luck

[PRIVATE1]

I'm curious as to how many programers like their work and if it's worth it to them .

[Dim]

I'm work for a company and i'm contracted...meaning i get paid per project. If you simply know VB it won't get you the big $$$ in the long run...you should look at C/C++. It would be awesome to code VB for a living but not many company's seek VBonly programmers.


D!m

Originally posted by Dim
I'm work for a company and i'm contracted...meaning i get paid per project. If you simply know VB it won't get you the big $$$ in the long run...you should look at C/C++. It would be awesome to code VB for a living but not many company's seek VBonly programmers.


D!m

So...Dim? Where's my money?

Dim's right. Even the free programs that are popular like Napster and WinAmp are written in VC++.

[Dim]

Matthew...that's what i'd like to know.

D!m

[PRIVATE1]

In that case l'll take c++ clasess . I know nothing about it really . Will theories from VB transfer over to c++ ?
Is it basicly the same with diffrent key words ?

[HarryW]

Sort of. This has been discussed a lot before, if you search for previous topics on this you'll get a good idea.

Essentially C++ gives you better performance and more control over everything in Windows. You have all kinds of pointers and proper object orientation. It's cool, try it It's harder at first, but once you get the hang of it I think you'll prefer it for a lot of things.

VB is still better (IMO) for simpler Windows database stuff, and it's convenient for making interfaces.

I recomend learning VB, C++, ASP, PHP, HTML, DHTML and JavaScript

That way, with almost any job you have, whether it is web design, or Windows programming, you should be able to do it....

Get a Statistical package under your belt also. With ONLY
programming languages, you are restricted in your choice of
markets. Note that you don't have to know statistics, just
statistical procedures. As a matter of fact, Most
corporations will have their own statisticians.

SAS is the most widespread, also the hardest, most snotty,
and least fun.

SPSS is easier to use, and has a VB-like module generator,
their statisticians are more human, the bulletin board is
more helpful, and you can find more books about SPSS that
were NOT written by someone on the staff of SPSS.

Stata is totally strange, but the easiest of the three,
generates more loyalty than the other two, has an
interpreted language directly related to the command
structure, and is CHEAPER to buy.


Good Luck
DerFarm

PS -- If they have a course in Assembler, jump on it!

[Arbiter]

The new SPSS packages are pretty good - well worth the ludicrous price tag they have.

The old ones however were just dire!. Do you remember those days DerFarm?....

Ah yes....my first exposure to a "Fortran Compatible
File". It took me two hours to find out what a file was,
and week to find out what FORTRAN was....now that I think
on it, I don't really think I EVER found out what Fortran
was.


DerFarm