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Budding Developer here...

I've tried to teach myself Web Dev over the past 10 yrs on/off... Sad. But now I'm actually in a developer role moved up from IT helpdesk a year ago.

In the past year I've learned SQL, SSRS, SSIS, database concepts, and.... VB6. I am a master at none due to having to cram so much in a year while taking on various projects, issues, and learning the organizations software infrastructure and processes. I also taught myself current HTML, CSS, and basic Javascript. Learning the different basic concepts with each.

Over the past couple months I've been given a new project and now learning ASP.NET and C#. Actually trying really hard to get adept at these as I'm finally doing Web Developing in my role...

I am also dealing with multiple major family issues and a near 2 yr old that we cosleep with that still doesn't sleep through the night.

Why the crap is it so easy to convert an enum to a string but takes 50 functions to convert a string to an enum???
Cast, convert, parse... Why so much logic???
When the online teacher says type why do I have to rifle through 7 different meanings in my head before I know what kind of type he's referring to??

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    Fellow self taught here; welcome to DevRant.

    There is probably some cool way to go from enum to string via reflection, but I just use a function:

    private string FooBarToString (int FooBar)
    {
    // Hardcoded to enum FooBar
    switch (FooBar)
    {
    case 1: return “Foo”;
    case 2: return “Bar”;
    default: return String.Empty;
    }
    }

    As for the 2yo cosleep thing, how comfy is your couch?
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    @bkwilliams I haven't learned switch yet but when I talked to one of my old developer coworkers he brought it up when I talked to him.

    As for my couch... Comfy but not 8 hr sleep comfy. I'm used to it now tho. Just actually ranting. :)
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    Just realized I said functions instead of methods... #ripcsharpdevelopercareer
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    @KupoNinja I switch between function and method, and when I’m really tired I will call them subroutines.
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