C programming language+Jobs

Gnome said:
Hey guys, I want to learn how to design and build a car in 6 months.

I've changed a car tire before so I'm not a complete beginner.

Where would you guys recommend I go?
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I recommend "Ford for Dummies"
 
skyhawk said:
i don't want anything to do with Unisa :). i m looking at something like Boston or Damelin but not necessarily Boston or Damelin. something small and very professional. maybe a 6 month program at a university.
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LOL dude, your not going to learn anything more than studying with UNISA. It will take you a long time to get up to the standard required by C++ jobs in the market and you will not get that even in 6months with the best teachers. Your going to have to learn a lot of foundations of development first.

Your better off learning C# and looking for some M$ resources on the web.

I've been developing in C since 1993 as a hobby and even though I'm employed as a PHP developer, my C++ is not good enough to get a job.
 
why y'all liken C to rocket science. You say 6 months wont get you anywhere near a job but in Uni its C in one semester (3mnths) C++ the next semester (3 months) Java the next semester and you wont be specialing coz you will be doing like 6 courses including the Cs.

To get Private Pilot License is 12 weeks full time. if you are being trained by Cathay Pacific in 12 months they will let you fly 2nd officer on one of their B747-400. 18 months you are 1st officer. you get my point :)
 
skyhawk said:
why y'all liken C to rocket science. You say 6 months wont get you anywhere near a job but in Uni its C in one semester (3mnths) C++ the next semester (3 months) Java the next semester and you wont be specialing coz you will be doing like 6 courses including the Cs.

To get Private Pilot License is 12 weeks full time. if you are being trained by Cathay Pacific in 12 months they will let you fly 2nd officer on one of their B747-400. 18 months you are 1st officer. you get my point :)
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If you've finished a degree at university you're still mostly useless at programming but the fact that you've managed to complete a degree says to a prospective employer that you have some brains inside your head and that you're possibly worth the financial investment that upskilling a junior developer requires. Not having that degree and having no experience sends up big red flags to possible employers and most won't bother even looking at you.

Also, a semester is 6 months, not 3 and I don't know of any universities in SA that will teach you that many different languages. They may do Assembly, but that's pretty rare these days. Then you may do C++, but C# is vastly more popular. You'll probably do HTML and ASP. This makes me wonder whether you've ever actually been to a SA university.

Also, you simply cannot learn C in 3 months of university. I've programmed for embedded systems for a couple of years, almost exclusively in C and there's still a hell of a lot I don't know. It's a difficult language to write good quality code in.
 
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A semester is 6 months ? i have been to University and i spent 4 semesters. 1st semester is 4rm May-July (went home early august) 2nd semester September -November (went home early december)

i was doing Bachelor in Business Adminstartion majoring in Computer and Management Information sytems and yes C ,C++,Java & VB
were among our courses to be completed inorder to graduate:twisted:
 
skyhawk said:
A semester is 6 months ? i have been to University and i spent 4 semesters. 1st semester is 4rm May-July (went home early august) 2nd semester September -November (went home early december)

i was doing Bachelor in Business Adminstartion majoring in Computer and Management Information sytems and yes C ,C++,Java & VB
were among our courses to be completed inorder to graduate:twisted:
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Which university is this at and when was this?
 
C is most prevalent (in me expirience in varsity) in Embedded development and perhaps driver development

C is cool because some of the cool out of the box APIs and packages which come with C++ and perhaps Java and C# just arn't there, it forces you to be hacky individual. Also C is great if you want to learn about memory management and other low level things which just get handled by the Java compiler.

That being said. The job market suggests Java and C# are your best bet
 
skyhawk said:
this is the university http://www.solusi.ac.zw/ and its one of the 13 universities in Zimbabwe.
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Right, if you don't mind, I'll rather go by the standards of UCT, Tuks, Wits, etc than something from Zimbabwe. SA university semesters start at the end of January or so and run up until June and from July till end November. Around six months each. Also, you simply don't do that many programming languages in South African universities - not in that sort of time frame at least.
 
skyhawk said:
i hope you are not saying Zimbabwean universities are not upto standard:) because Zimbabwe has the highest litercy rate in Africa:)
and Zimbweans are employable anywhere in the world especially SA.
http://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?o...ceo&catid=41:business&Itemid=133#.UKuAtmclij8
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Our president doesn't even have matric and he's "running" an entire country. Title doesn't say terribly much about competency in my mind. Also, isn't that the same guy who is now being summoned to court in Uganda on tax evasion charges?
 
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