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anonaki
I will be graduating soon with a BS in computer science. However, I
feel unprepared for the real world. I've done small programming
projects on my own and did school projects, but I was never exposed to
what goes on in a real world programming environment.. Internships
were not too useful.. mostly web related stuff in html or flash.. not
any robust web or distributed apps were introduced to us. Plus with
all the jobs being shipped outside the U.S. (where I live), i'm
becoming a little disillusioned with programming as a whole now. Of
those that I know that have graduated, many of them cannot find a
decent programming job. Plus many of them don't know anything. My
knowledge is strongest in the Java langauge, I have experience with
C++,C,and PhP. But I do understand programming concepts. I have a non
programming job making a about $33,000/yr. I have been able to live
fine with that. What i'm asking for is some examples of things that
the professionals are doing. I'll appreciate some brief examples of
projects, assignments, or things that are done on a day to day basis
by those who are working. This can be in any language or platform.
Any little tidbit will be useful. I'm gonna try to boost up my skill
level on my own from the insight that I get from you all. I wanna get
my mind out of the limits of the class room and get a feel of whats
happening out there.
thanks.
feel unprepared for the real world. I've done small programming
projects on my own and did school projects, but I was never exposed to
what goes on in a real world programming environment.. Internships
were not too useful.. mostly web related stuff in html or flash.. not
any robust web or distributed apps were introduced to us. Plus with
all the jobs being shipped outside the U.S. (where I live), i'm
becoming a little disillusioned with programming as a whole now. Of
those that I know that have graduated, many of them cannot find a
decent programming job. Plus many of them don't know anything. My
knowledge is strongest in the Java langauge, I have experience with
C++,C,and PhP. But I do understand programming concepts. I have a non
programming job making a about $33,000/yr. I have been able to live
fine with that. What i'm asking for is some examples of things that
the professionals are doing. I'll appreciate some brief examples of
projects, assignments, or things that are done on a day to day basis
by those who are working. This can be in any language or platform.
Any little tidbit will be useful. I'm gonna try to boost up my skill
level on my own from the insight that I get from you all. I wanna get
my mind out of the limits of the class room and get a feel of whats
happening out there.
thanks.