So you want to be a computer programmer when you grow up?

[goodguy8]

Doubt what?

I've been touch-typing at 120wpm for a decade. Can you input your 'quick text' that fast?

i was born with laptops arnd me..im pree sure i can touch type, as for 'quik txt' i can write a full paragraph in 'quik txt' faster than someone who is writing the same paragraph in full words.. if ya kno wat i mean..

[forkoil]

Learn to type.
A computer professional who can't touch-type is a bit like a radio DJ with a stutter.

Still cant touch type, been a techie pro since '72 ... its the twisted brain that counts, the brain ...

[jrandom]

i was born with laptops arnd me..im pree sure i can touch type...

And I'm pretty sure you can't.

Touch-typing needs to be learned properly.

I guarantee you I can accurately input, say, a page of text from a book, faster than you can type in the same page using your abbreviations.

[007XX]

And I'm pretty sure you can't.

Touch-typing needs to be learned properly.

I guarantee you I can accurately input, say, a page of text from a book, faster than you can type in the same page using your abbreviations.

I can vouch for that...Damn hard to keep up with you sometimes...at least if I want to keep my spelling spotless anyway

[jrandom]

Damn hard to keep up with you sometimes...

Yes; I'm good with my fingers, aren't I?

[007XX]

Yes, I'm good with my fingers, aren't I?

Shit, I fell into that one, didn't I?

Admitedly, I do hold a strange fascination for your bionic thumb

[forkoil]

Shit, I fell into that one, didn't I?

Admitedly, I do hold a strange fascination for your bionic thumb

ummm ... keep it seemly you two

[jrandom]

I do hold a strange fascination for your bionic thumb

Yes; it's the titanium that makes it so stiff, you know.

[onearmedbandit]

Timely thread. Just when I'm considering training in software development/programming.

[007XX]

ummm ... keep it seemly you two

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Yes; it's the titanium that makes it so stiff, you know.

And there I was thinking it might have been me thanks for breaking my heart, you savage being...
I shall take my ravaged soul, broken into itsy bitsy pieces, and forlorn heart to a little corner of the room now...

[jrandom]

Timely thread. Just when I'm considering training in software development/programming.

Don't let my ranting put you off - I've spent the last eight years having a great time working as a programmer.

It just so happens that I've taken on the kind of contract this year that I always swore I'd never do, just to pay the bills, and I'm regretting it, just like I knew I would.

If you want to talk about software engineering training and job options, feel free to unblock me on MSN...

[jrandom]

... to a little corner of the room now

You imply that the room has corners of different sizes.

Are you working in a non-rectangular building?

[007XX]

You imply that the room has corners of different sizes.

Are you working in a non-rectangular building?

Indeed...and it is very well padded... the darn uniform is bloody restrictive though...

[forkoil]

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haha very good
and a threesome would be
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and foursome
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[goodguy8]

And I'm pretty sure you can't.

Touch-typing needs to be learned properly.

I guarantee you I can accurately input, say, a page of text from a book, faster than you can type in the same page using your abbreviations.

Arghhh... had enuf.. you win.. have fun..