Comments on: Managing your Career in IT

By: KK.

KK. — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:23:17 +0000

Loved the way you wrote the article/post.

I think the ideas you expressed here are true for an (individual) professional who works in any field that lets him/her retain his/her individuality. (IMO some jobs like programming and writing have more chances for 'retaining of individuality' than some other jobs like airport security and tailor-guy-in-a-sweatshop. Some jobs only let a few people to be individuals, like cooking: 1% people are chefs at great places, the rest work shifts at soup kitchens)

Even the links you provided are more about normal (aka non-programming) jobs.

p.s. I am not a native English speaker, so excuse me if something I wrote offended you. In that case, I did not mean it.

By: Morons

Morons — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:50:15 +0000

I said the C# Syntax is Non-nontransferable (and meant the same for Java), I separated Design into separate Skill(s) (OOD for Example). General Programming Skills are transferable.

Truth be told even the Syntax is somewhat transferable.

By: Gubatron

Gubatron — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:48:22 +0000

and they can complement any other work that you might do, not just for the automation that you can bring to any context, but the logical, and systemic thinking you get out of programming.

By: Gubatron

Gubatron — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:46:26 +0000

can you explain the logic behind saying that C# or Java skills aren't transferable, i find that hilarious.

I guess all my programming experience in java, my OO concepts and architectural tricks didn't matter when I had to develop a full featured application in C++ with Qt, or the sites and tools I've built in python.

All programming skills are transferable, whatever I know already gives me an edge on whatever other technology I use, and using different technologies keeps you refreshed and learning new ways of using the old tools you already know.

All languages you put on that table are transferable skills bro.

By: Morons

Morons — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:41:34 +0000

Thanks, I'll fix it.

By: MarkJ

MarkJ — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:06:38 +0000

Really excellent article! I agree with every word. Minor niggle - it does contain a few minor typos. E.g. "to need insure" -> "you need to insure" and "you are too effectively negotiate" -> "you are to effectively negotiate"