So I’m a hobbyist game developer for years whose day job is writing
reports/troubleshooting database issues with MSSQL. I’m a bit over half way
through a CS bachelors degree! I’m aware of three ways to get experience to help
me find a job once I graduate, and wondering if one is superior to the others,
or if there is another way! 1. Personal projects. There is a very large
programming project I’ve been working on off and on for 2ish years and I feel
like after my recent programming classes I can probably start it off right and
trash all my previous prototypes. 2. Work on open source projects. This one is a
bit scarier at this point, as I’d have to find one I like, one that is active,
one that my skills fit with, one I can get accepted with, etc. 3. Find entry
level freelance things. I’m aware I could maybe do cheap tasks on Fiverr, or
sign up for things like Data annotation, to earn a bit of money and have
“something” directly related to programming on my resume. 3.5 Could do coding
challenges, but most of the ones I’ve seen don’t seem super relevant to making
large programs, but solving convoluted puzzles. But would love to hear if there
is a site that has more real world challenges. My personal experience for
previous projects (and favorite programming class so far) has been python
(shocking I know). Hoping I’ll fall in love with C# programming once I get into
the advanced classes with it, as I know that pairs much nicer with my MSSQL
experience. Oh my game dev has also been in Game Maker, which uses GML, so not
superrr helpful experience. So any thoughts/opinions?
(The title you see below mine is the wording chosen by the OP of the full post - I hope I do not cause offense, but I cannot control it showing up here as it is linked.)
The comment is far less calm than you would have us believe. I think it just resonated with your own frustrations. That doesn’t make it good in any way.
I see it as a call for people to be able to discuss things calmly and rationally. Certain facts within the statement e.g. “get called an idiot shitlib and told to read some theory” are definitely emotionally provocative (as are terms such as “everything” and “nothing”), but indeed that happens sometimes, i.e. everything is relative.
Do you mean himself? Indeed he is the only one who can control the situation, e.g. by blocking them. On the other hand, OP (of the OP I mean, not the commenter promoted here) was a new member of Lemmy, so was shocked to see this behavior, and wanted reassurance and a community of like-minded people to stand with them.
There’s a famous quote that I like by Rudyard Kipling:
This comment, offering calmness amongst the storm, intrigued me.
The comment is far less calm than you would have us believe. I think it just resonated with your own frustrations. That doesn’t make it good in any way.
I see it as a call for people to be able to discuss things calmly and rationally. Certain facts within the statement e.g. “get called an idiot shitlib and told to read some theory” are definitely emotionally provocative (as are terms such as “everything” and “nothing”), but indeed that happens sometimes, i.e. everything is relative.
The man who can keep his head when everyone around him is losing theirs, has found who to blame for the fuckup
Do you mean himself? Indeed he is the only one who can control the situation, e.g. by blocking them. On the other hand, OP (of the OP I mean, not the commenter promoted here) was a new member of Lemmy, so was shocked to see this behavior, and wanted reassurance and a community of like-minded people to stand with them.