A question to IT KBers - what are prospects of finding an IT job in Auckland?

[enigma51]

yep some dumbass things float out their in the web:

- "Should i make my website completely flash?"

- ' Array_1[your entire memory] ' - thanks JAVA

- Code with no description at all

- H-Code with an H-List, P-list.....

- "I have an idea - i will build my website starting with a Table"

- Programs written WITHOUT a flow diagram, then fixed, then debugged, then fixed, then compiled, then fixed, then built, the released only to find the whole thing could be half as many lines if you just did it right from the start (and did a plan first).

- I have an HMI, now how do i do the rest of the code.

I have managed to stay well clear of web development for a long time

Now every CIO and IT architect think web apps are the way to go


Why is it that in the IT industry there is so much new buzz things out there for example Web 2.0
I love sitting in meeting hearing some idoit go and on about how we need to be Web 2.0 compliant blah blah blah. I usauly bring the meeting to an end with one simple question.
"Can you please explain what you think Web 2.0 is?"

[Ixion]

I never yet did work with a compiler that returned messages like "Variable not declared - but I figured out what you meant, you just mis-spelled it" .As someone who has spent literally a week debugging to find the mis-spelled variable name that caused a hideous intermittent bug, I'd certainly say that an ability to spell, or mis-spell CONSISTENTLY is essential. Or at least an ability to review each line as it's written and correct errors.

[Ixion]

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"Can you please explain what you think Web 2.0 is?"

I wish someone would tell me what it is . For practical purposes.

And I am determined to strangle the next person who says "Web Services"

[jrandom]

And I am determined to strangle the next person who says "Web Services"

I think Web 2.0 is anything that doesn't work unless you have 5TB/s bandwidth everywhere along the way.

[-df-]

I never claimed anything in particular about myself. You gotta try and read my statements on this subject without taking it personally or looking to 'take me down a peg'. I'm just reporting on what I've observed.

Goodness knows I've learned and grown over the years.

I'd be fascinated to hear your comments in detail...

lol, never took it personally...if I did I'd have to admit you are correct...which I don't.

I myself think English is the lest important thing in the world...as long as I know enough to express myself and my ideas I'm happy. I prefer to concentrate on things that matter to me (science, tech etc). What’s important to you may not be important to the next person.

I just think you are being small minded is all, sure this could fit to some people...but with the way you are looking at things, does that mean all Muslims are terrorists? All Americans are redneck morons? I think not.

Will PM ya in a min about the rest.

Anyway....I'm sure you will find lots of mistakes in the above...but do I care? no.

[imdying]

I never yet did work with a compiler that returned messages like "Variable not declared - but I figured out what you meant, you just mis-spelled it" .As someone who has spent literally a week debugging to find the mis-spelled variable name that caused a hideous intermittent bug, I'd certainly say that an ability to spell, or mis-spell CONSISTENTLY is essential. Or at least an ability to review each line as it's written and correct errors.

A good IDE will save you from most of that sort of bother. Doing much by hand these days is a pretty poor use of time.

[jrandom]

lol, never took it personally...if I did I'd have to admit you are correct...which I don't.

I myself think English is the lest important thing in the world...as long as I know enough to express myself and my ideas I'm happy. I prefer to concentrate on things that matter to me (science, tech etc). What’s important to you may not be important to the next person.

I probably generalised overmuch.

The one comment I'd make and stand by is that you can tell a lot about how well someone's mind works after you read enough of what they write or listen to enough of what they say.

Spelling and grammar are only a small part of the whole deal.

[-df-]

Adding to this, almost every coder has done some shockers in the past...either due to time constrantes or lack of knowledge (or just lazy).

I know I have.

[scracha]

Web 2.0: A meaningless term used to describe websites with "applications" that look reasonably pretty. When does an HTML page hooked up to some sort of database become Web 2.0? Nobody knows. If it's got Ajax, RSS, DHTML, ActiveX or Applets then you can probably tell the boss it's Web 2.0. Doesn't mean it'll actually work though

[-df-]

I probably generalised overmuch.

The one comment I'd make and stand by is that you can tell a lot about how well someone's mind works after you read enough of what they write or listen to enough of what they say.

Spelling and grammar are only a small part of the whole deal.

Yes...but when has English been logical?

You have to have a logical mind for programming...I think alot of people miss this fact and thats one of the reasons there are alot of dodgy programs out there.

But anyway...agree to disagree on this one