Ima gonna give programming a go...

**Biff** · 2nd February 2005, 14:43

Originally Posted by jrandom

Oi! *I* get first dibs on hiring any KB programmers. Hands bloody off, mister.

Ahh - but he'd get a Swedish massage everyday from our resident blonde Scandinavian honey.

Originally Posted by jrandom

The BorEland VCL is, IMO, the *previous* decade's Windows development environment.

What the fork are you talking about, speak English man!!
Bloody geeky gobbledygook!

**vifferman** · 2nd February 2005, 14:54

Originally Posted by MrMelon

If you're going to learn programming, I think the best way to go about it and have some fun in the process is to think of something you'd like to do using software, and then learn what you need to do to achieve it. Just keep it simple to start with and build upon it as you get better.

Yeah, good idea.
My first foray into real programming (apart from Fortran in Applied Maths

) was to convert our manual payroll (piles of paper and several days work every fortnight) into a computerised one. I did this during three weeks when the boss was away in Europe. I enjoyed it so much, I then wrote an inventory/stores system, and a barcode label printing interface. I decided I'd stop being a Systems Manager and become a programmer, but eventually I decided that as much as I enjoyed it, my brain wasn't suited to programing.

Probably not suited to anything else either, for that matter....

**Yokai** · 2nd February 2005, 15:18

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

Ahh - but he'd get a Swedish massage everyday from our resident blonde Scandinavian honey.

Ummm - you need someone with Java and C# but that can't explain it very well because everytime they get to do something their manager comes along and puts them in QA? Oh - and I need to telecommute...

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