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Would you encourage a friend or relative to become a software developer?   [Edit]

Survey period: 10 Sep 2007 to 16 Sep 2007

Do your cousins look up to you in awe? Do you friends think you're way cooler than they are? Or would you prefer to think of yourself as a lesson unto others? (Suggested by RomTibi)

OptionVotes% 
Yes26514.80
Yes, unless they really had no chance of succeeding36420.34
Maybe - it's too hard to generalise37921.17
No, unless they were really keen or talented59533.24
No18710.45



 
GeneralRe: Do you friends think you're way cooler than they are? Pin
Gary Wheeler10-Sep-07 2:32
Gary Wheeler10-Sep-07 2:32 
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kurt place10-Sep-07 11:43
kurt place10-Sep-07 11:43 
GeneralDefenatly... Pin
AlexCode9-Sep-07 23:36
professionalAlexCode9-Sep-07 23:36 
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ClockMeister10-Sep-07 3:03
professionalClockMeister10-Sep-07 3:03 
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Narvius10-Sep-07 5:41
Narvius10-Sep-07 5:41 
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AlexCode10-Sep-07 23:16
professionalAlexCode10-Sep-07 23:16 
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Narvius11-Sep-07 6:30
Narvius11-Sep-07 6:30 
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Bruce Chapman DNN11-Sep-07 13:16
professionalBruce Chapman DNN11-Sep-07 13:16 
Funnily enough I got my start in programming when my parents bought a computer knowing it was the future, but they didn't know they had to buy software as well (or perhaps they couldn't see the value in such expensive little disks). So I had an expensive computer and no software, except for this funny program called 'basic' which allowed you to write other programs. My first paid programming gig as a teenager was writing a program to tally the survey results for a local committe opposed to a highway bypass. Today you could do the same thing in 30 minutes with Excel or Access, but I didn't have any software so I had to write it myself. The worst thing was I kept bumping into the 256Kb RAM (yes, that's KB) limits so I had to write everything off to the floppy and read it back in again as needed. I've still got the code on a printout - all it needed was some bolognaise sauce and a bit of grated parmesan. Smile | :)

(edit : the highway bypass was built anyway - thus also marking my first large project that eventually went nowhere)




Bruce Chapman
iFinity.com.au - Websites and Software Development

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Mycroft Holmes12-Sep-07 22:11
professionalMycroft Holmes12-Sep-07 22:11 
GeneralYes, but... Not in my team/company/project... Pin
Nickolay Karnaukhov9-Sep-07 22:18
Nickolay Karnaukhov9-Sep-07 22:18 
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar9-Sep-07 23:11
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar9-Sep-07 23:11 
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Nickolay Karnaukhov10-Sep-07 21:45
Nickolay Karnaukhov10-Sep-07 21:45 
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar11-Sep-07 6:00
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar11-Sep-07 6:00 
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Nickolay Karnaukhov11-Sep-07 6:25
Nickolay Karnaukhov11-Sep-07 6:25 
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AlexCode9-Sep-07 23:29
professionalAlexCode9-Sep-07 23:29 
GeneralRelatives into Programming... Pin
Bruce Chapman DNN9-Sep-07 20:45
professionalBruce Chapman DNN9-Sep-07 20:45 
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NormDroid9-Sep-07 22:48
professionalNormDroid9-Sep-07 22:48 
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ClockMeister10-Sep-07 3:11
professionalClockMeister10-Sep-07 3:11 
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Albert Dadze11-Sep-07 5:27
Albert Dadze11-Sep-07 5:27 
QuestionUsers are feared.. Pin
Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji9-Sep-07 18:25
Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji9-Sep-07 18:25 
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mintxelas9-Sep-07 20:16
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Colin Angus Mackay9-Sep-07 21:44
Colin Angus Mackay9-Sep-07 21:44 
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mintxelas9-Sep-07 21:53
mintxelas9-Sep-07 21:53 
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Colin Angus Mackay10-Sep-07 2:21
Colin Angus Mackay10-Sep-07 2:21 
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa9-Sep-07 22:08
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa9-Sep-07 22:08 

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