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Hey everyone,
I've got an important question that really needs answering. So I'd appreciate if somebody can help me out with an answer, that is if anyone has had any experience with this. It's about the Software Development job market in Germany. I've heard some talk that german employers tend to look down upon job candidates that don't have master studies. And that, that can materialize as either difficulties when negociating wages or increases in payment, difficulties getting called for an interview, or just plain having a lower salary than you would be granted if you had a master's degree in IT. So, can anyone help with personal experience? Has anyone had any interaction with the german IT job market? Thanks, and I'm looking forward to your answers.
Cheers.
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danutz_plusplus wrote: I've heard some talk that german employers tend to look down upon job candidates that don't have master studies.
They don't look down on non-masters, they have the expectation that someone with a masters-degree has mastered his/her profession. So, yes, having a masters-degree will give you an advantage when looking for a job.
danutz_plusplus wrote: And that, that can materialize as either difficulties when negociating wages or increases in payment, difficulties getting called for an interview, or just plain having a lower salary than you would be granted if you had a master's degree in IT
Like most, they'll try to generate arguments to justify your payment-level. If you got a good argument to make more, you might get it.
danutz_plusplus wrote: Has anyone had any interaction with the german IT job market?
Worked there for a few years on a Dutch payroll, without a higher degree; very formal job application-procedures, and in general friendly and polite people. Whenever you encounter someone who doesn't take you serious, focus on the job - and let the results speak for themselves.
What part of Germany are you considering?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Had a job interview yesterday as an entry level .NET developer.
Here are some of the technical questions they asked me:
1. What is XSS (cross site scripting) and what steps can you take to avoid it?
2. What's the difference between blacklisting and whitelisting? Which is better?
3. Here is a database, write down an SQL query to do this, and one that does that...
4. Explain the difference between 'ArrayList' and 'Generic List'. (that one was painful)
5. How do you use variables in a web application. (ie: explain session variable)
6. Say we need a program that can do a, b and c: Design the database that we can use in the solution. (ie: give the classes, attributes and relations)
Anyone remembers questions they had at their interviews, or good questions they pose to test potential candidates?
Please don't bother answering the specific questions, the point of this topic is to create a collection of questions junior programmers can use as a guideline to prepare for an interview.
modified on Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:16 AM
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0bx wrote: 4. Explain the difference between 'ArrayList' and 'Generics'. (that one was
painful)
Are you sure you're remembering that one right? Shouldn't it be the difference between an ArrayList and a Generic list?
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0bx wrote: Please don't bother answering the specific questions, the point of this topic is to create a collection of questions junior programmers can use as a guideline to prepare for an interview.
They shouldn't learn the most appropriate answers that the interviewer wants to hear, they should learn the trade 
Yes, you'll always fail a few questions. No, you won't be able to memory the entire framework, but you do know how MSDN works.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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I wanna take part in open source project. I have 3+ years expirience in .NET programming (developed frameworks for automation test). Also I have 1+ year expirience in Java and Pyton programming (developed automation test). Who can recommend such projects?
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Have a look at CodePlex and Sourceforge. Take a look at the projects on there and find one that interests you. Normally getting involved with a project means just submitting bug fixes initially which get merged into the gold copy. Once the project team gets to know and trust you, they might accept an approach from you to join the team.
Alternatively, you could always start a project of your own off in an area that interests you.
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Thanks for advice. I'll do that.
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Hi,
I am a DOTNET developer . Could anyone tell me what are the best topics to learn presently in the market as i am on a learning phase !
Do also let me know what are your views regarding the present market scenario about different DOTNET technologies!
Thanks and Regards
Akiii
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Depends on how much experience you carry and what have you worked and learn't previously.
Basics: Knowledge of GAC and assemblies, plus http-handlers on IIS side
C#: Concept of Delegates and Generics should always be clear and try using as-many demo examples of same.
ASP.Net: General 2.0 features like Master-Pages, Themes and Site-Navigation
There is much to learn depending on what you are going to end-up working on.
Happy Learning!
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thanks for ur reply.....and ur suggestions.....
what abt WCF,WPF and SILVERLIGHT??
what is the future regarding these !
AKiii
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Akiii123 wrote: what is the future regarding these !
They will be used by more and more developers and will become the standard for the next thousand years; or not! I don't think there are many people who can tell the future. However, if you want to know about the present, then look at some of the products that are on the market that make use of these technologies, and the books written about them.
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thanks for the suggestion.....
products means like expression blend, sharepoint!!
Akiii
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It's impossible to tell you which ones to learn, since we don't know what you are aiming for or what are the requirements in your area. Take a look around at the sort of jobs you are interested in, or the ones being advertised and try to decide based on where the opportunities exist in the market that you are trying to break into.
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yeah u r right......presently i am interested in sharepoint.......hopefully i will try learning that....
thanks for ur help
Akiii
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Hello !
I am making a site having the following features ;
flash content, forum, live chat, audio & video stuff, online book reading on site.
For that which software should I use?
Thank you!
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try using wordpress....!
Akiii
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fine, thank you !
And how about vbulletin CMS?
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i have only used wordpress and joomla......
i think wordpress is better(its my personal opinion...)....
i haven't used vbulletin......sorry
Akiii
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mention not buddy.....
Akiii
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What are your requirements? Language preference? Are you coding it yourself or do you plan on using something out of the box. I fear if you are planning on out of the box, there probably isn't much you can do besides pay a developer or development company to build it for you.
Beware of depending on flash and the lack of mobile support for it, too.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Hi,
I want to learn SHAREPOINT. Can anybody give me advice whether it is good to learn it to enhance my future prospects ??
Thanks and Regards
Akiii
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If you want to become a Sharepoint developer then it would be a good thing to learn it. If you want to be a WPF developer, then it's a lot less relevant. The bottom line is that you should learn it if that's the area you want to go in.
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