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Abouta primarily back end web developer focused in micro services with a side of Android and desktop development
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SkillsGolang, Python, Java, C/C++, Android
Joined devRant on 3/5/2018
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[wk249]
My specialty, I don't think I actually have specialised in anything, maybe that's why I never run out of work, shove a problem on my desk and it gets done, don't have experience? Welp, you do now!
Maybe that's the point, you see a lot of people fall of the wagon or get stuck without work, and here I am just plowing through the next problem at hand.
My career was founded on trying something new, seeing something and going, it's needs X, or Y and building my own with it - no degree got me into software, and no degree is going to replace the years of experience gained by just trying new things.
It also allows you to be well versed in a lot of areas and not feel the paradigm shift when changing stack, language, framework, or whatever, it's just another tool in the shed that has its purpose.1 -
One thing I have truly learned from software development is DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL. Someone out there may have already implemented such functionalities and if the library is missing something a PR is always welcomed! (Obviously taking about open source libraries)6
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With school starting in a few days, I'm reminded that half our class failed Grade 11 Computer Science, not because it was hard, but because they wanted to play flash games instead of actually learning2
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Spent 2 hours helping some kid learn python, he ended up using it to make DDoS products. I feel used and ashamed (':9
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It triggers me when Mac users commit .DS_store file on GitHub.
Its even more annoying when they dont merge my PR which deletes the .DS_store file8 -
Biggest challenge: Remember to put ';' (semicolons) in line endings after coding python for 5 years.1