Are you a Rockstar in Java Programming ?

[Vani]

This is an excellent opporunity to join the R&D centre of a Search
Engine company in Bangalore, working on cutting edge technologies like
"Image Processing", "Face Recognition", "Information Retrieval",
"Computer Vision" etc.

Position is based in Bangalore, India.

Requirement: Developer / Lead
Strong core java or C++ programming experience,
Strong experience in Multithreading and socket programming.
5 - 8 yrs of experience,
Complete Knowledge of Software Product Development Lifecycle,
BE/B Tech/ ME/ M Tech/MS/ Phd from premier institutes like IIT,
REC, BITs or any top University in the world.

Please forward your updated profile ASAP to (e-mail address removed) with
subject line as " Core Java".

( Please forward this mail to your friends /colleagues working in
similar technology)

Thanks and regards,
Vani.
99454 00830
Wenger & Watson Inc.
Bangalore

 

[josh.s17]

Why do people always ask for "Complete Knowledge of Software Product
Development Lifecycle"?

 

[Patrick May]

Why do people always ask for "Complete Knowledge of Software Product
Development Lifecycle"?

Because good developers should realize that there is much more to
getting a product or custom system into production than simply coding.

Regards,

Patrick

 

[David Alex Lamb]

I'm sitting here wondering just what a Rockstar in Java Programming would be.
Coding while stoned out of his/her mind? Surrounded by groupies? And is s/he
a Metallica style rockstar, suing everyone who downloads her/his Java programs
from the net? or more like some of the others, who figure it's a draw for
their commercial stuff?

 

[James McGill]

I'm sitting here wondering just what a Rockstar in Java Programming would be.

Somebody you'd hire at a higher rate than you make yourself.

Somebody who you would stand in line to get their autograph on their
book, at a conference.

 

[Oliver Wong]

Somebody you'd hire at a higher rate than you make yourself.

That's like... everybody...

Somebody who you would stand in line to get their autograph on their
book, at a conference.

That's like... nobody...

- Oliver

 

[Roedy Green]

I'm sitting here wondering just what a Rockstar in Java Programming would be.
Coding while stoned out of his/her mind? Surrounded by groupies? And is s/he
a Metallica style rockstar, suing everyone who downloads her/his Java programs
from the net? or more like some of the others, who figure it's a draw for
their commercial stuff?

Long hair, nice pecs, will screw anything for money.

 

[James McGill]

Long hair, nice pecs, will screw anything for money.

Roedy, you're a Java Rockstar, and you don't even have two of the three
attributes above.

....runs...ducks...

 

[Roedy Green]

Roedy, you're a Java Rockstar, and you don't even have two of the three
attributes above.

I wonder if posterity might mythologise me in India. I had a
conversations with various Indians back in 1985 doing a cheerleader
thing saying India would become a software giant. One of the people I
talked to was the head of Tata, now a software giant. I was an expert
from many miles away, so people took me much more seriously than you
do now.

The Indians were intent on showing me how modern they had become, e.g.
a freight elevator with buttons, and melmac collections. The key for
me was the keenness of people to learn and the willingness to work do
do the painstaking labour-intensive work of programming for low
wages.

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

Because good developers should realize that there is much more
to getting a product or custom system into production than
simply coding.

Alternatively, because they really want to stick you with either

1) Maintaining code that someone else wrote

2) (Even worse!) supporting code that someone else wrote

Okay, that's cynical. But I think that the requirement itself is a
little bit useless as worded, because there are several different
software methodologies. Someone who has worked in a waterfall style
project might find it difficult to transition to XP, and vice versa.

I do agree that having followed a product from inception to end of
line, or at least end of current release cycle and beyond, gives a
different perspective.

 

[James McGill]

I was an expert
from many miles away, so people took me much more seriously than you
do now.

Oh, I take you seriously enough, at least on Java issues. Your
excellent website is usually the first resource I go to for information.

Now, you politics on the other hand... Let's just agree to disagree,
fair enough?

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

Oh, I take you seriously enough, at least on Java issues. Your
excellent website is usually the first resource I go to for
information.

Now, you politics on the other hand... Let's just agree to
disagree, fair enough?

Now, why would that even be on the table for discussion?

(I prefer not to know the politics of people I have to work with, and
I suppose that extends to some extent to those in technical forums /
mailing lists / newsgroups I frequent, because when I find out certain
things about people, I tend to respect them less. There doesn't seem
to be an upside to that in those environments, since I have to deal
with those people regardless of my opinion.)

 

[Scott Ellsworth]

Now, why would that even be on the table for discussion?

For Roedy, it does matter. He asks people working on defense-related
work to not use his resources, which means I always take care to check
who is paying for my current gig before going to the glossary.

To wit:

The information on this page is for non-military use only.
Military use includes use by defence contractors.


Scott

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

For Roedy, it does matter. He asks people working on
defense-related work to not use his resources, which means I always
take care to check who is paying for my current gig before going to
the glossary.

To wit:

The information on this page is for non-military use only. Military
use includes use by defence contractors.

Oh. Well, then, I guess it *is* relevant.

Carry on.

 

[Chris Smith]

Now, why would that even be on the table for discussion?

Frankly, I can't imagine knowing much about Roedy and not knowing about
his politics. Not only do they impact using the glossary, but it's also
just hard to do much at Roedy's web site or read the newsgroup too long
without finding out what he thinks about the world. Not that I mind,
personally... and I rather wish other people didn't either, but that's
life.

Incidentally, Scott's situation came up for me recently. I would never
work for the military of course, but a few weeks ago I was speaking
about Java to a group of people who are working on procedures for
permanently disabling nuclear weapons in U.S. arsenals. One of them
asked about reading little-endian data files, and I was halfway through
writing down Roedy's website before I realized they are in at least a
military situation, though they technically work for the Department of
Energy. I don't know if Roedy would have minded in that situation or
not (Roedy?), but I ended up stopping anyway.

--
www.designacourse.com
The Easiest Way To Train Anyone... Anywhere.

Chris Smith - Lead Software Developer/Technical Trainer
MindIQ Corporation

 

[Roedy Green]

Incidentally, Scott's situation came up for me recently. I would never
work for the military of course, but a few weeks ago I was speaking
about Java to a group of people who are working on procedures for
permanently disabling nuclear weapons in U.S. arsenals. One of them
asked about reading little-endian data files, and I was halfway through
writing down Roedy's website before I realized they are in at least a
military situation, though they technically work for the Department of
Energy. I don't know if Roedy would have minded in that situation or
not (Roedy?), but I ended up stopping anyway.

I am trying to reduce war. I want to reduce military spending and
redirect it to making the planet a paradise for man and other species.

I am not asking you to be Solomon; just use common sense interpreting
my intention. I am not going to jump on you if you judge slightly
differently than I would.

Even if you use my code to build bigger nukes, there is nothing I can
do to stop you.

I have given the OK for example for the FAA to use my code. It seems
the intent of the FAA is not to create misery, but to prevent planes
from colliding, even though they deal with military aircraft too.

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."
~ Albert Einstein

 

[Nigel Wade]

Chris Smith wrote:

Incidentally, Scott's situation came up for me recently. I would never
work for the military of course, but a few weeks ago I was speaking
about Java to a group of people who are working on procedures for
permanently disabling nuclear weapons in U.S. arsenals. One of them
asked about reading little-endian data files, and I was halfway through
writing down Roedy's website before I realized they are in at least a
military situation, though they technically work for the Department of
Energy.

You can read little-endian data using native APIs. Just read the data into a
buffer using a DataInputStream and wrap it in a ByteBuffer which is set to
LITTLE_ENDIAN. Then read the data from the ByteBuffer using the ByteBuffer
methods, getInt(), getFloat() etc.

Pretty straight forward, I do it all the time. Much of the data we process is
generated on PC hardware, so is little endian.

 

[Nigel Wade]

Sorry, I forgot to include this in the above post, pressed send too quickly:

The terms of the Java license state that it isn't designed for use related to
any nuclear facility. What they are doing might contravene some regulation or
law governing the nuclear industry.

 

[Monique Y. Mudama]

Frankly, I can't imagine knowing much about Roedy and not knowing
about his politics. Not only do they impact using the glossary, but
it's also just hard to do much at Roedy's web site or read the
newsgroup too long without finding out what he thinks about the
world. Not that I mind, personally... and I rather wish other
people didn't either, but that's life.

I guess I'm exceptionally good at filtering out stuff unrelated to
what I'm looking for. That, or his politics don't conflict enough
with mine to draw my attention. To be honest, while I was aware of
Roedy's dislike of war, I hadn't realized that you're not supposed to
use his site for military projects. It's not something that affects
me at the moment.