C# Development study advice

I thought of doing National diploma at first, but I see the only one at Unisa you can enroll for now is "Diploma". Not sure what the difference is.
 
OP, I don't think that you need to focus on a specific language right now. You will find that many of the devs know more than 1 language.

Do the Bsc., it's the best thing that you can do for yourself and it opens many doors in the technical field, not only programming.
 
CamiKaze said:
OP, I don't think that you need to focus on a specific language right now. You will find that many of the devs know more than 1 language.

Do the Bsc., it's the best thing that you can do for yourself and it opens many doors in the technical field, not only programming.
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+1 A friend of mine that started working this year as a junior developer, only being really proficient in C#, has had to learn a couple other languages because that's what the client wants. Basically had to teach himself javascript in a couple days or so
 
Whatever you do, don't go to CTI.
 
Lord Nikon6 said:
I thought of doing National diploma at first, but I see the only one at Unisa you can enroll for now is "Diploma". Not sure what the difference is.
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Diploma and National Diploma is mostly likely the same thing if done through a university and the end result after three years is an N.Dip (or whatever hey call it now), the onto a B.Tec and then an M.Tec

N.Dip has gotten me far (but I'm awesome so not fair to compare) and has also gotten my team lead far (he is awesome too and with 10years + xp went to Wits, did the required work and got his masters) and also my boss very far (he is awesome too).

But if you can do the Bsc instead it will serve you better as there are douchebag companies out there that cry a Mississippi river about the skills shortage but only look for Bsc and higher (up to you if you want to work for nose in the air douchebags or not) :p
 
Noah said:
Whatever you do, don't go to CTI.
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This. They are a ripp off.

Although I know this guy that went to them and it got him very far (but he is super awesome and it would be reckless to use him as an example of what can be achieved through CTI)
 
Hamster said:
Diploma and National Diploma is mostly likely the same thing if done through a university and the end result after three years is an N.Dip (or whatever hey call it now), the onto a B.Tec and then an M.Tec

N.Dip has gotten me far (but I'm awesome so not fair to compare) and has also gotten my team lead far (he is awesome too and with 10years + xp went to Wits, did the required work and got his masters) and also my boss very far (he is awesome too).

But if you can do the Bsc instead it will serve you better as there are douchebag companies out there that cry a Mississippi river about the skills shortage but only look for Bsc and higher (up to you if you want to work for nose in the air douchebags or not) :p
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Well, I would like to do a Bsc, but I am interested in going the Infosec route, and I putting a lot of focus on that at the moment. I have also done the LPI(Linux professional institute) training, still need to write the level 3 exams. But they are just that, certifcates, not something from a university.
 
Lord Nikon6 said:
Well, I would like to do a Bsc, but I am interested in going the Infosec route, and I putting a lot of focus on that at the moment. I have also done the LPI(Linux professional institute) training, still need to write the level 3 exams. But they are just that, certifcates, not something from a university.
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Go the Bsc. route and do the rest later, stay away from N.Dip's. they will not give you the maths you need, nor the more complex cop sci related coverage.
 
semaphore said:
Go the Bsc. route and do the rest later, stay away from N.Dip's. they will not give you the maths you need, nor the more complex cop sci related coverage.
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I suppose there is no better time to start than asap. Also, OP, sorry I sort of Hijacked your thread. But I still kept it on topic.
 
Lord Nikon6 said:
I suppose there is no better time to start than asap. Also, OP, sorry I sort of Hijacked your thread. But I still kept it on topic.
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I would advise a strong slant in maths, if you can do it.
 
Lord Nikon6 said:
well, I have seen some of the calculus in the degree, and it honestly scares me, but I am not one to give up on a problem.
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Yep it can get pretty hectic, i am looking at doing one next year in applied maths. So just rehashing old text books.
 
From my experience: I have a Bsc Comp Sci Degree, never did C#, now I am a full time C# dev. Learning a new language is fairly easy once you have a good background and understanding. But I found the MSDN articles and Stack Overflow invaluable when I started out learning C#.
 
iAmThePope said:
From my experience: I have a Bsc Comp Sci Degree, never did C#, now I am a full time C# dev. Learning a new language is fairly easy once you have a good background and understanding. But I found the MSDN articles and Stack Overflow invaluable when I started out learning C#.
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I certainly agree on MSDN and Stackoverflow. I don't know if I should do bsc in Computing, or Bsc software engineering though.
 
iAmThePope said:
From my experience: I have a Bsc Comp Sci Degree, never did C#, now I am a full time C# dev. Learning a new language is fairly easy once you have a good background and understanding. But I found the MSDN articles and Stack Overflow invaluable when I started out learning C#.
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This.

StackOverflow is more for specific problems and not for learning how to dev.
 
envo said:
Whenever someone asks me what they need to study I say, "Think of a program you want to write, and write it"

Best learning tool I've seen is practice.
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+∞

Write a lot of code to learn how to write good code. Make mistakes and solve problems.
 
shiram said:
+∞

Write a lot of code to learn how to write good code. Make mistakes and solve problems.
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This is how I have been learning. That, and some good devs that help out if I am to really mess something up(luckily hasn't happened yet)
 
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