Got a job.

[iPrank]

I got a job today. VB6.

My first interview. My first programming job.

Just wanted to share the happiness.

[francisstokes]

Congratulations. good luck

[sevenhalo]

Congrats!

[RobDog888]

Congrats and be prepared to develop an ulcer.

[iPrank]

Thanks guys.

It is 2 hour journey from my home. The salary is not very good.
But I still like the job.

It's all about API/Hooking/DOM.....basically the things I like most.....ok.....and Winsocok.

And my boss said, I'll never have to do databases.

[Hack]

I got a job today. VB6.

My first interview. My first programming job.

Just wanted to share the happiness.

Doing what? What platform will you be developing on and what language(s) will you be using.

Congrats and be prepared to develop an ulcer.

Lets not forget migraines too. They get very angry when they get forgotten.

[thegreatone]

HAve you been celebrating? as your spelling is slighy off

Great news man, just keep at it

[RobDog888]

Famous last words.

Just get at least 1 year experience there and then move on to a better job as your experience will make you more marketable and the pay will increase too.

[Hack]

And my boss said, I'll never have to do databases.

This sounds like your first job, right?

You will probably be moving on in a couple or three years once you have some experience under your belt. Looking for a better paying job is generally the next logical step in career building, so not knowing how to deal with databases might be detriment down the road.

[wossname]

Kudos on the new status mate. It is now your mission in life to show your boss that you should be using .NET instead of that archaic kindergarten script.

Anyways, since you can now afford luxuries, you can buy us all a beer or 6.

Nice going pal.

[iPrank]

Doing what? What platform will you be developing on and what language(s) will you be using.

Platform - mainly WinXP. Language - VB6.
This company makes system maintenance utilities/spyware remover etc.

HAve you been celebrating?

My parents left for a wedding just when I came back, my GF's telephone is out of order, my friends are busy doing college work

It is only you guys I have.

[thegreatone]

Platform - mainly WinXP. Language - VB6.
This company makes system maintenance utilities/spyware remover etc.

My parents left for a wedding just when I came back, my GF's telephone is out of order, my friends are busy doing college work

It is only you guys I have.

I'm stuck in the college work boat... Actually, better get cracking, i've been messing with DVD's for the past few hours... whoops.

[penagate]

I got a job today. VB6.

My first interview. My first programming job.

Just wanted to share the happiness.

Ah, happiness. Enjoy it while it lasts!

[Hack]

Ah, happiness. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Is it sad out in Rainy Adelaide?

[Static]

Platform - mainly WinXP. Language - VB6.
This company makes system maintenance utilities/spyware remover etc.

My parents left for a wedding just when I came back, my GF's telephone is out of order, my friends are busy doing college work

It is only you guys I have.

1) CONGRATS!!
2) give it a year.. then start looking for a new job.. the 2 hr drive will be fine at first.. but after 6 months.. u will be ready.. trust me.. I pulled a 1 1/2 hr comute for a year and a half.. sucked.
3) Spyware removers!??? Get to work on a good remover for SpyAxe and SpywareQuake.. They SUCK and are major pains to remove. you get those down and people will flock to them. Spybot has one for SpywareQuake but it doesnt work right.

[wossname]

Don't listen to all these killjoys saying things like "Enjoy it while it lasts".

I got my first proper coding job at the start of this year and I'm still loving it. Its one of those jobs that if you are having a good day then its REALLY good and you are on a high and you can code all day and then it's 5pm and you don't want to go home. OK so if its a slow day (ie. waiting for the idiot users to find bugs) then the seconds drag by. But when you get that spark of inspiration or if you manage to devise an algorithm that beats current technology by 80% then its like a rush. You can't beat a feeling lik that (at least during work hours ).

Live to hack, work to live.

[iPrank]

Famous last words.

Just get at least 1 year experience there and then move on to a better job as your experience will make you more marketable and the pay will increase too.

This sounds like your first job, right?

You will probably be moving on in a couple or three years once you have some experience under your belt. Looking for a better paying job is generally the next logical step in career building, so not knowing how to deal with databases might be detriment down the road.

Thanks guys.
Any more tip ? I'm a n00b in job. Please give cod.

Kudos on the new status mate. It is now your mission in life to show your boss that you should be using .NET instead of that archaic kindergarten script.

I'm afraid, this will not happen until Vista spreads out.

Anyways, since you can now afford luxuries, you can buy us all a beer or 6.

Nice going pal.

Thanks. But could you please wait one month ? Until I get salary ?

[Hack]

Live to hack...

Why thank you wossy. I had no idea you cared.

[iPrank]

Damn ! I stopped getting notifications again !

[sevenhalo]

/em jealous of Wossy.

It's been a long time since I've had a day like that, but they are great. Anyway, hope it works out for you and good luck!

[penagate]

I've never had a day like that

Anyway, congrats. Best of luck

Agree with Hack about DB's, you have to know them unfortunately

[sevenhalo]

Yeah, DB's are an aquired taste; kinda like beer. At first you want nothing to do with them. After you use them a bit, you do everything you can to bogart the servers so no one else can mess with your DBs.

[Static]

Yeah, DB's are an aquired taste; kinda like beer. At first you want nothing to do with them. After you use them a bit, you do everything you can to bogart the servers so no one else can mess with your DBs.

LOL.. thats how I used to code my access DB's at my last job.. I was always fixing everyone elses work and my boss actually said to me "What is it u do here?" .. that was when I started looking for a new job. and when I left.. I got calls for weeks on end.. "How did u do this!!??" "It wont work!??" "Whats wrong with this??" hmmm guess they shoulda been nicer to me and I wouldve made my code easy to fix. LOL

[space_monkey]

Congrats iPrank!!!

[iPrank]

One more thing...the best thing...

my boss said, we have no restrictions on internet usage. We can do whatever we want, legal of course, to get the job done.

.... and everyone knows CC is the best place to research.

[wossname]

Why thank you wossy. I had no idea you cared.

When nouns and verbs collide.

[sevenhalo]

my boss said, we have no restrictions on internet usage. We can do whatever we want, legal of course, to get the job done.

.... and everyone knows CC is the best place to research.

m(_ _)m

Now I'm insanely jealous of you. I sit next to our network admin and one day he blocked this site. It was back when i was first starting VB.Net and had NO other help avaliable (95% of everything I know about .Net is from here). I asked him why he did it, and he said quote: "Because I could."

[francisstokes]

m(_ _)m

Now I'm insanely jealous of you. I sit next to our network admin and one day he blocked this site. It was back when i was first starting VB.Net and had NO other help avaliable (95% of everything I know about .Net is from here). I asked him why he did it, and he said quote: "Because I could."

I think i would have hit him....and then got fired. Its always worth hitting a cocky person though

[Static]

m(_ _)m

Now I'm insanely jealous of you. I sit next to our network admin and one day he blocked this site. It was back when i was first starting VB.Net and had NO other help avaliable (95% of everything I know about .Net is from here). I asked him why he did it, and he said quote: "Because I could."

they have blocked this site at a few of my prev jobs.. theres always a way around it

gotta find the door.. lol

[Hack]

When nouns and verbs collide.

Adjectives and adverbs just step aside

[thegreatone]

Hack shouldn't your signature read

"Got a question on Linux? Don't bother asking Wossy as he is inept"

?

[sevenhalo]

I think i would have hit him....

You wouldn't beleive how close I've gotten to that.... One day I was so fed up with him (not the job, not the work, no one else; just him), that I was literally about to walk out the door. We've gotten into shouting matches (like real shouting matches) in the past and still do peridically.

The thing that really sucks is, he's my boss and there's no management above him in our "IT Department." It's just me (the db admin, web dev, app dev, systems architect, technical support) and him (the network admin). He was he first, so he's my boss.

[Static]

thumb tacks on his chair

[wossname]

"Got a question on Linux? Don't bother asking Wossy as he is inept"

I'm getting better. I'm nearly done with my first cross platform terminal mode program. Open source naturally. The first 10 people get a limited edition.

[francisstokes]

You wouldn't beleive how close I've gotten to that.... One day I was so fed up with him (not the job, not the work, no one else; just him), that I was literally about to walk out the door. We've gotten into shouting matches (like real shouting matches) in the past and still do peridically.

The thing that really sucks is, he's my boss and there's no management above him in our "IT Department." It's just me (the db admin, web dev, app dev, systems architect, technical support) and him (the network admin). He was he first, so he's my boss.

Buy yourself a balaclava a wear it while you beat him after work. He'l never know (im not a physco )

[space_monkey]

The best one i've ever heard of is water in a chair. Stay late after work and pour water into his cushion. That way in the morning the surface will be dry. He'll have wet pants all day.

[sevenhalo]

He's bigger then me. I've put signs on his back and he duct taped me to the chair.

Anyway, I'm sure your job won't be as bad.

When do you start?

[wossname]

The more I hear about everyone elses job the more I think I'm in paradise.

Mmmmmm Research & Development.

The stress makes the good days feel 100x better.

[iPrank]

He's bigger then me. I've put signs on his back and he duct taped me to the chair.

Anyway, I'm sure you're job won't be as bad.

When do you start?

I'll join on Monday.

[Static]

water on the chair.. NICE!

also.. u can undo all the bolts on the chair.. so when he leans back... BAM!