Who works in IT?

IvanOpinion

thewizard wrote:

I've been considering what to do I know its a bit early but I want to get a head start on people and have decided that I'm going to get my foot in as many doors as possible then after I have completed my A Levels I will make a decision on what to specialise in. I think Im going to take the Microsoft route and use ASP.Net and VB.Net as I am already use VB6 then if necessary I can learn any other languages required be I dont see a need for this at the moment. Thanks to everyone who has helped me! And I think I may have found free ASP hosting!

Wizard, avoid vb.net. There is sufficient difference between VB6 and VB.net to make it worthwhile taking the plunge and going for C#.net

Ivan

thewizard

Ok thanks. Ive been wondering what are Perl and Python used for? As I have seen these and dont understand what they can be used for.

nickmack

thewizard wrote:

Ok thanks. Ive been wondering what are Perl and Python used for? As I have seen these and dont understand what they can be used for.

Perl
Python

thewizard

nickmack wrote:

Perl
Python

I think Ill give them a miss for a bit, I think I'm going to go for ASP.Net and C#.Net then Ill learn them if required.

irnbru_2

thewizard wrote:

I think Ill give them a miss for a bit, I think I'm going to go for ASP.Net and C#.Net then Ill learn them if required.

Don't learn a language .... learn about software design and architecture.

Many can code ... few can design

thewizard

what do you mean software design and architecture?

irnbru_2

thewizard wrote:

what do you mean software design and architecture?

Software_design

Software_architecture

wolfman

Design and architecture is something that'll come later in your development. Generally you'll start coding as a junior developer/developer. As you rise the ranks, gain experience, become a better coder you'll improve your skills at architecture and design.

In fact the more senior you become the more you'll find yourself swaying towards architecture and design (and less coding). My boss no longer codes, he's basically involved in spec'ing projects, working on scopes, database design/architecture, and advanced hosting setups (clusters etc...).

thewizard

sounds confusing

thewizard

wolfman wrote:

Design and architecture is something that'll come later in your development. Generally you'll start coding as a junior developer/developer. As you rise the ranks, gain experience, become a better coder you'll improve your skills at architecture and design.

In fact the more senior you become the more you'll find yourself swaying towards architecture and design (and less coding). In fact my boss no longer codes, he's basically involved in spec'ing projects, working on scopes, database design/architecture, and advanced hosting setups (clusters etc...).

So the higher up you get the less dirty work you have to do