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[YGODarkHole]

I have no idea if this can go in Daily Theme, so Imma just put it here

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Dragon got to it?

 

[fuzzywuzzy]

What’s your opinion: is a degree required to land a job as a programmer, or can you make it without one? Is it worth to learn programming at all?

I have no programming skills (my worst grade in college by far was for intro to programming) but I have a family member who worked as a programmer for mid-sized technology service company for like 5 years, and for a couple of smaller companies before that. He was laid off two years ago and has been unable to find anything permanent that will pay him close to what he was making at his prior gig. He is getting by with freelance work and training in a completely unrelated field for when the freelance work eventually dries up.

 

[Captain Panda]

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RUKIA my first wifeu

 

[exhaleapproval]

O yeah... oops... at least I was partly correct. Kinda.. (not so much)

(I just love my useless translation from Japanese to English. It provide such stupid results at times. lol)

Although, I still prefer glowing meteorites raining down from the universe rather than about the weather ect..

Not to be mistaken with meteorism. Thats just when you fart a lot.

 

[dimodamo]

I don't get it. The rules say no , so why come here if the stuff we came to ATF for isn't allowed? Just asking.

That's because that content is behind member+, wich you can become by paying activity points, wich you get by posting and getting likes.

So yeah, if you want that content, it's time to grind coins.

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[Redyscom]

I have to say... I'm proud of this image.

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Enough to make it my new banner

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[PixelCat93]

I have no programming skills (my worst grade in college by far was for intro to programming) but I have a family member who worked as a programmer for mid-sized technology service company for like 5 years, and for a couple of smaller companies before that. He was laid off two years ago and has been unable to find anything permanent that will pay him close to what he was making at his prior gig. He is getting by with freelance work and training in a completely unrelated field for when the freelance work eventually dries up.

I’m really sorry this happened to him. I know it’s really hard to find a job nowadays.

 

[Captain Panda]

I have to say... I'm proud of this image.

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Enough to make it my new banner

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[MaxCrushnod]

Hello, Im new here. First Ive been reading through some pages of this thread but god have mercy am I not reading all those 8.4k pages. I might be a degenerate, but thats pushing it

 

[CubbyBuddy]

Hello, Im new here. First Ive been reading through some pages of this thread but god have mercy am I not reading all those 8.4k pages. I might be a degenerate, but thats pushing it

Don't worry about it, this is a rambling thread.

 

[highlrecommend]

I just won 2 coins playing slots & only had to spend 50 coins to win those 2 coins.
it sure is fixed all right.

 

[MaxCrushnod]

Don't worry about it, this is a rambling thread.

Yeah Ive noticed, but pretty entertaining nonetheless. Guess Ill stick around on this site for longer.

 

[nikairu]

I just won 2 coins playing slots & only had to spend 50 coins to win those 2 coins.
it sure is fixed all right.

there's gambling?!? WHERE!?

 

[fuzzi_weezil]

What’s your opinion: is a degree required to land a job as a programmer, or can you make it without one? Is it worth to learn programming at all?

You can probably do the work without one, but I would be very surprised if you get past the HR resume screening process without one.

 

[Captain Panda]

Yeah Ive noticed, but pretty entertaining nonetheless. Guess Ill stick around on this site for longer.

Welcome welcome welcome.

If you need any help with navigating or understanding any thing in the forum don't be afraid to shoot me a message/tag me or ask in the Lurker chat (someone will likely help you out there)

Hope you enjoy your time here

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[MaxCrushnod]

What’s your opinion: is a degree required to land a job as a programmer, or can you make it without one? Is it worth to learn programming at all?

I am a freshly graduated programmer and let me tell you this. Where I come from, especially now with all the AI help, university is more about trying to help you understand "how" real programming even works and how to properly use an AI. So its more about helping you learn instead of "only" teaching you how to code, even though that is of course still an important aspect of the course.

 

[Sainto]

I have to say... I'm proud of this image.

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Enough to make it my new banner

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holy shit thats awesome

 

[PixelCat93]

You can probably do the work without one, but I would be very surprised if you get past the HR resume screening process without one.

That would surprise me as well.

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I am a freshly graduated programmer and let me tell you this. Where I come from, especially now with all the AI help, university is more about trying to help you understand "how" real programming even works and how to properly use an AI. So its more about helping you learn instead of "only" teaching you how to code, even though that is of course still an important aspect of the course.

Understandable. The problem is I’m not very good at math, so I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the others.

 

[Yamirus]

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How is everyone doing these days

 

[MaxCrushnod]

Understandable. The problem is I’m not very good at math, so I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the others.

Yeah, I think thats totally up to the university. My professor, for example, used very hard algebra which the vast majority of our students didnt fully understand, but thankfully his exams were always rather easy to pass. But aside from the first two semesters, where math was actually important, the following semesters didnt really focus much on math.