Questions tagged [experience]
Job assignments, positions and activities that programmers can engage in to learn, improve and perfect skills related to programming.
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Ways to get up to speed understanding an existing Django program
I have just started a new job in which I will be overhauling and updating a web-application written in Django. I have a loose familiarity with Django (and have been reading up on the documentation for ...
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What should I do if I am unfamiliar with my organisation's codebase? [duplicate]
I've recently started my first job as a software developer at a small startup company.
I do not have a degree in a software engineering related field, although, I have very recently completed an A-...
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Technique to master new (third party) projects [duplicate]
I'm a graduated software developer.
In the last year I worked like a sysadmin, nowadays, I entered on a different software company as a VB.Net Developer, it means I need to learn and master a very, ...
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What is it like to change the underlying database on a significant real-life project?
Have you ever seen a significant non-theoretical project where the underlying database engine had to be changed? Was it a major undertaking, taking months of work, or was it conceived and done in a ...
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Is it considered lazy if I use a linear algebra package for C++?
First, let me give some background before I actually state the question. I study physics and all my programming classes have been in easy programming languages like MATLAB. By easy I mean that the ...
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Should the developer provide steps/directions for SQA?
New to the field of QA, I've been asked to do SQA for a project that I'm unfamiliar with and that is close to completion. An example of a specific functional task to be tested looks like the following:...
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How best to involve junior developer in designing an application from scratch? [closed]
We are a team of 3 developers (2 experienced devs and a junior).
We just started a brand new project. We've designed the application, concentrated efforts on choosing the right architecture and now ...
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Is reading+modifying existing code better than making your own? [duplicate]
I'm an inexperienced programmer. I have been assigned to develop a Firefox plugin with no prior experience. So I followed the tutorial at MDN. I learned so many things, it's exciting and overwhelming ...
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Are there metrics, like in other professions, that can be used to measure whether a programmer is considered experienced? [closed]
Driving instructors (at leas in Germany) often mention 100.000 km driven as a reference point where a driver is considered experienced.
Is there a similar number for programmers?
For example, how ...
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How much difference does experience make? [closed]
I see many job adds which require at least x years experience. The question is how do you know when a candidate has the required years of experience? What do you expect from a person with x years ...
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Overcoming slow problem solving due to increased knowledge of what might go wrong [closed]
This has been troubling me for some time, and I'd really appreciate the input of other professionals.
Short background: I started programming when my parents bought me my first computer in 1988 (at ...
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When to bail on a proposed solution? [closed]
Here's a *hypothetical* issue.
There is a performance issue in the current release. Its difficult to find the cause of this issue because the performance tests haven't been run in roughly 10+ ...
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What skills should I cultivate to become a development/technical lead? [closed]
I am currently a professional programmer. I want to expand my skillset, but I also want to make the career jump to being a dev lead as part of a team. I know there's got to be a lot to learn (and this ...
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What is the correlation between programming language and experience/skills of their users? [closed]
I'm sure there is such a correlation, because
experience and skill leads good programmers to picking languages that are better for them, in which they're more productive, and
working in a language ...
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Does the term “Learning Curve” include the knowing of the gotchas? [closed]
When you learn new technology you spend time understanding its concepts and tools.
But when technology meets real life strange and not pleasant things happen.
Reuqirements are often far from ideal and ...
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How can I improve my skills while working on actual projects, in the absence of more experienced developers? [closed]
I'm the lead developer at a small company, working with C# and ASP.Net. Our team is small, 2-3 people, without much experience in development and design. I don't have the opportunity to learn from ...
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Is it possible for a good programmer to have never used version control? [closed]
I am looking for an expert programmer to help solve a difficult situation.
The interviews so far have been surprisingly disappointing. The best candidate so far is a very experienced programmer who ...
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Introducing a (new) test method to a team [closed]
A couple of months ago I was hired in a new job. (I'm fresh out of my Masters in software engineering)
The company mainly consists of ERP consultants, but I was hired in their fairly small web ...
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How can I get more programming experience [closed]
I am going to be a third year computer science student and I have read Head first Java, Head First C, and I am currently reading C++ which is the language that I like the most since it has a good ...
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What's the best lesson you have learned in your career? [closed]
I think mine is "there's no such thing as a five minute job" - that programmers tend to be overly optimistic about development and that we should really think through a the implications before ...
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Is it worth to learn Experimental Languages? [closed]
I'm a young programmer who desires to work in the field someday as a programmer. I know Java, VB.NET and C#. I want to learn a new language (as I programmer, I know that it is valuable to extend ...
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Excellent knowledge of C++ [closed]
I recently saw a recruiting page for a software company where one of the requirements was "Excellent knowledge of C++."
Now, I know this somehow implies as expert knowledge of C++, but where exactly ...
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How to gain experience? [closed]
This is a problem that I think many people will find very common and some guidance from the expert users around here will be appreciated.
Background
Basically I'm a junior web developer in a team of ...
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How to gain Professional Experience in Java/Java EE Development [closed]
I have been seeing opportunities go past me for just 1 reason: not having professional industry experience. I say to many employers that I'm capable of doing the job and show them the work I've done ...
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Attending my first software conference - any tips before I go? [closed]
My nice employer allowed me to visit a software conference in June (International PHP Conference, for those who care).
Wanting to make the most of it, I would ask the more experienced conference ...
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Programming IDEs feature to add a forgotten open parentheses? [closed]
I very often find myself in situations where I should have opened a parentheses, but forgot and end up furiously tapping the left arrow key to get to the spot I should have put it, and doing the same ...
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Getting to the big leagues & managing time as a novice game developer? [closed]
I'm a 23-year-old novice game developer who just got his first job in the industry a year ago. Unlike most programmers I know, I started programming pretty late, during my second year in college, and ...
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What's the difference between junior, middle, and senior developers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Whats the difference between Entry Level/Jr/Sr developers?
There seems to be three common java programmer qualification levels:
Junior
Middle
Senior
What makes a programmer ...
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How much experience on average should a Sr. developer have to be competent with a framework or library? [closed]
If you are a Senior developer with say 8+ years experience, how much time spent doing programming is reasonable for competency on average? Specifically working with some library or framework ...
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Resume dilemma for professional job [closed]
On my resume, I list myself as having "7 years of hands-on experience programming in C".
To clarify, I am a self-taught C programmer with some college courses thrown in the mix. I've worked on some ...
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Backtrack My “Education” [closed]
A while ago, I decided to start programming. I really, just jumped into a language (Perl) and went from there. What I regret is that I just jumped in:
I didn't learn the basics (if you would call ...
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Does C# experience translate well to C++? [closed]
My programming classes in school were C++, but I ended up working a job doing C# for the last few years. If there was a position that required say 1 or 2 years experience in C++, would my experience ...
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What does long-term freelancing say about a developer's experience? [closed]
I have been interviewing candidates lately for a developer position requiring 10+ years experience and have come across a couple of CVs that I am not sure how to understand: I have interviewed a few ...
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Work experience instead of education? [closed]
I wanted to name this topic as "Education vs. Experience", but this topic already exists. I've read that discussion and though what I'd like to ask is related with that topic, the question is quite ...
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Where to Start When Making a Web Application on Your Own [closed]
I've been assigned an in-house web application that is basically an Employee and Project Management System.
I'm getting confused as to where I should really start with this assignment (I mean I'm my ...
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How do you report “startup experience” on your resume? [closed]
Say you've spent a significant amount of time (5 years) serially starting up companies, with enough success to keep going for 5 years, but not enough to retire rich.
And now, with a mortgage and a ...
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Creating a New Scripting Language For the Learning Experience? [closed]
Is creating a scripting language for my own personal learning experience worth it?
The reason I ask is that there are so many programming languages available already, I know mine will never have any ...
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How do I know how much to ask for in salary? [closed]
I'm heading into my first job (i.e. they're bringing me on for a full position) in Software Development and am quite nervous about how the whole salary negotiation thing goes. Glassdoor.com says that ...
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Where should you be at with 5 years experience? [closed]
Backround: I am currently a Junior in college working towards a degree in MIS. I've been interning with a compnay for a 3 summers and a winter break in there. With only 11 months to go before I start ...
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Will staying in this position affect my career negatively? [closed]
I work at a small software company where the owners are also the managers. My concern is that any and all progression in technology is met with utter disdain by management. Some of the comments are as ...
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How to support design decisions? [closed]
There are bad design decisions.
On the same pitch, being a senior engineer can sometimes be hard. Youngsters have awesome and radical ideas, which a senior engineer wonders whether will work on the ...
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How to bootstrap managerial experience? [closed]
Most engineering manager positions require X years of managerial experience in the job description. That means as an individual contributor I can never qualify. But this experience has to come from ...
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How to network effectively to get a job [closed]
I have been working for 5 years at the same company now. I want to go and find a new job. Finding jobs or getting interview calls has been difficult, there are have far and few. And to compound the ...
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Hiring a programmer much more qualified & experienced than yourself? [closed]
My employer is hiring a programmer - more specifically, I am interviewing and selecting the person who will fill the position.
The best candidate right now is far more qualified than I am, older, and ...
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Should one Consider Periods in “Year of Experience” while actually not Coding on regular basis [closed]
Sorry if the title sounds a bit clumsy.
The scenario I am trying to describe is during my academic years I have mostly coded in C/C++. Few small projects were done but no large scale work was done. ...
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Haskell web frameworks survey [closed]
There are several web frameworks for Haskell like Happstack, Snap, and Yesod, and probably a few more.
In what aspects do they differ from each other? For example:
features (e.g. server only, or ...
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Are there reasons other than budget for hiring “entry-level” programmers? [closed]
Are there reasons other than budget for hiring "entry-level" programmers?
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Have you worked with a well designed application? [closed]
Inspired by this question, I started wondering - is there or has there ever been such a thing as a "well designed application"? One where the architecture would be perfect and no refactoring would ...
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Should every programmer keep a “Lessons Learned” journal? [closed]
Every time I've finished a project, there is always something that I've learned (otherwise I don't find it very motivating). But I can't remember everything, and much later I may stumble across the ...
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Need Help in Pointing to focus on the Key elements in Code Review Phase? [closed]
Please share your views on the code review process.
If someone gave a code snippet and asked you to review that code, then what are the major things you will focus on that code Review process?
For ...
