Post Race!

[dday9]

Left cheek or right?

If Jesus is catering, then He'll just turn the other cheek.

[dclamp]

I hope he brings more than just bread and wine...

[dday9]

I hope he brings more than just bread and wine...

Fish.

[dclamp]

I can't believe this thread has been alive for over 14 years...

[dclamp]

I hope that in the future when VBF ever closes, that they keep this thread for historical sake. Im sure if someone took the time to read all 58,000+ posts there is some trend throughout the years.

[dclamp]

They need to print this thread as a history book and teach it in school.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I hear he's into loafing.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Oops, did I not respond to the latest twist of this tangled thread? Oh well.

[dclamp]

Snooze you lose.

[Bonker Gudd]

Jesus is going to cater my Christmas party next week...

Not pork again?

[dclamp]

I like your snow

[dday9]

I like your snow

Drug deal!

[dclamp]

So I have a PHP portal system that I am working on. I originally made it specific to one business. I have been slowly but surely working to make it more universal.

I am trying to wrap my head around making web applications modular and its not a terribly complicated concept. But trying to get there from what I already have written without rewriting it all.... hmmm

[dclamp]

I just counted... ~11,000 lines of my own PHP code.

40,000+ lines total with everything. But thats including JQuery and other libraries made by others.

[dday9]

What is a portal system?

[dday9]

Do you jump from one dimension to another?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Isn't that a system used to carry your baggage?

[FunkyDexter]

I only have a half bath. Suitable for half-assed washing.

Does that mean you've got one grotty buttock?

[dclamp]

What is a portal system?

I use the term portal because I don't like the term "CMS". CMS associated with "content management system" and its not for managing content. But I guess I have also heard "common management system" which is more accurate.

[Gruff]

Sorry to hear about you not being able to take the programming job. Finding the right mix is not always easy.

I did programming as a hobby for years. Started writing small programs to save engineers time at work then major programs.
Eventually they gave me the title and paid me full time to write code.

I had the advantage of working 40 hours a week doing drafting and solidmodeling on a PC so my tools were already in place.
When I eventually left that job I went with software development and never looked back.

Don't lose heart. Things will work out if you keep at it.

*Wow! A multitude of posts while I was writing this.*

[dday9]

It's really frustrating, but my wife and I have made our decision and we need to stick with it.

[dclamp]

it's really frustrating, but my wife and i have made our decision and we need to stick with it.

get your degree!

[Shaggy Hiker]

Does that mean you've got one grotty buttock?

My evil mounds are plenty grotty, but I put that behind me.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It's really frustrating, but my wife and I have made our decision and we need to stick with it.

Had you decided to invest heavily in superglue, you'd have found the decision easier to stick to.

[FunkyDexter]

It's really frustrating, but my wife and I have made our decision and we need to stick with it.

Sucky but it sounds like it was the right decision. Family comes first and if you were able to find this opportunity you'll be able to find another.

I remember when I first finished my degree and was trying to get into work. It was in the early 2000s and programming was in a bit of a slump so work was hard to find. I took a job using a proprietary language 50 miles from home (Southampton). I eventually moved closer to the job which made me unhappy because I missed my support network and I knew it was a dead end because of the proprietary language (although I did like the people, they were good folk). After a year and a half I ended up moving even further away for the only .Net job I could land which turned out to be a complete disaster. The boss turned out to be a complete psycho (and I don't just mean the usual shouty type of boss - this guy waved guns around) and they had no real work for me to do. I canned it after a month by which time I was massively depressed. I ended up dragging my sorry ass back to Southampton and getting the only job I could doing navision development which is yet another career cul de sac. That and the next job were pretty sucky but I was able to cope because I had my freinds and family around me. I finally managed to land a VB6 job with a company I really liked who were just up the road and that finally got me pointed in a direction I could start building a career out of.

Moral of the story, getting your career started can be hard, even with a degree, and you're likely going to have to swallow a load of crap in the early days but persistance and a bit of luck will get you there eventually. And your freinds and family are more important than any given role because there will be multiple roles but only one family.

[FunkyDexter]

Longest

[FunkyDexter]

Post

[FunkyDexter]

In The

[FunkyDexter]

Race

[dday9]

Agreed.

[dday9]

But I needed that.

[dday9]

Here is a trophy.

[dday9]

[dclamp]

Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen!

[dday9]

He was number 1!

[Gruff]

Missed this one!

You should call them "Rocket Bursts"

Yer darn tootin.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Sounds more like you are the one tootin.

[dclamp]

Im at work. Bored. Help.

[homer13j]

Ha! Not at work today...



A little chilly, but definitely NOT bored.

[dday9]

It's been a little chilly the past day and a half here too. The high's have been in the upper 60s and the low's have been in the mid 40s.