Anybody here into programming?

[viJilance]

fuck more money and time...

[TommiTMX]

I need to finish my maths courses at my college, so it'll be another 1.5 years before I get out to a actual state college, then from there I hope to get something small then work my way up from there.

I do know that the computer programming world wants more people, big places are always looking for programmers. And programmers usually make great wages, one of the reasons why I went for CompSci.

Personally I know maybe 1 or 2 people, but once I get good I have a hook up at EA headquarters... it's a 20 min drive from my home.

My classes go by the quarter system.. so about 8 weeks for each class, minus summer class which is 6

Damn I'm just sick of school, my one year in college was a waste, I want to change fields, programming seems like a good choice.

What do programmers generally do for a company? I'm sure they don't make projects like you do in school, can't i skip the whole process and learn what they need the most?

Personally I'd start to learn C#, syntax and structure is C based and very similar to Java (learning C# could allow you to swap to Java with relative ease). The benefit of C# though is you get Visual Studio (arguably the best IDE available across the board) and form design is done visually instead of programmatically.

As for a book, look to download Head First: C# by O'reilly (send me a PM and I can send you a link if you so wish).

After the first chapter or two I can even send you the challenge I sent to some friends to make a Solitaire game. I've already done the hardest part which is creating a class that handles a card deck so it's mostly programming game logic and designing the user interface.

Another thing you could look at is web development, there's a LOT of work going for it. PHP is an okay place to start (a lot of the web runs using it -- including this forum) but there are a bunch of people who hate it (for fair reason too).

To answer your question, a programmer does as they're told! The company will hand your team a project, designs will be created and then development begins.

[SliK]

You're talking to a banned member bruh

[TommiTMX]

You're talking to a banned member bruh

Meh, the advice still stands! xD

eventho the dude is banned

im learning html, css and java atm,mainly java though

When you say Java do you mean Java or Javascript?