Wondering what to do with my life - Help

**gdf** · April 10th, 2007, 22:11

indeed. well, hope he succeeds!

**UchihaSasuke** · April 10th, 2007, 22:12

Me too

**jman420** · April 10th, 2007, 22:24

whatever, irregardless, your still a young human.... just because your 21 doesent mean that much, your still undecided on your future.

**Zion** · April 10th, 2007, 22:31

Originally Posted by jman420

whatever, irregardless, your still a young human.... just because your 21 doesent mean that much, your still undecided on your future.

agreed

edit - decided, im going to see through my dream of becoming a pro one day

thanks for the lift up guys

***quzar*** · April 11th, 2007, 02:02

Originally Posted by gdf

if you want a job in coding then go for it, or try to do some sort of qualification perhaps. try looking for games jobs in the back of mags like edge, they always need more people...give it a crack! surely being a prestigious homebrew coder would be enough. tell them that you are zion and show them your stuff, that might be an original job interview. "zion walks in with psp, sits down."

NOOOO! have to spread rep before i give it to you again zion. anyway, best of luck to ya, you got me my 4th dot.

not to demean his work entirely, as for homebrew, whatever. anyways, as for a job, nobody will give a damn. It doesn't show anything in terms of ability that can be used towards a job.

Unless the situation is vastly different in the UK, there are basically two different kinds of jobs where you're mostly programming: one is where you are working somewhere on software that is used by others (be it a game dev, writing wmp, doing your own shareware stuff, or writing the tivo menu), and the other is where you write software to be used in-house. The two are EXTREMELY different in terms of demand, required skill, and ease to find.

The first, unless you pretty much won't get hired anywhere without many years of experience (typical numbers are at least 3 years in two languages), a portfolio with some of the work you've done previously, and a degree. These are the big boy programmers, and you really need to have a firm grasp on both the workings of the language you will use, and the theory behind algorithm design to get anywhere.

The second, you just need to research into what language is being asked for (typically something from java, vb, or peoplesoft) and learn it well. In this kind of job you are the person who (for example) writes the bit of software that takes in data that a business uses and registers it into a database

... sorry, i left this post unfinished hours ago because i had to run somewhere and now I've forgotten what my point was and where I was going. There is a lot of info in the above though?

**BrooksyX** · April 11th, 2007, 03:49

I say go for a programming job or another job that you might be interested in. You have the rest of your life to hate your job, so you should go for your goals while your still young.

**Yobumtin** · April 11th, 2007, 03:57

A good way to think about it is "You know nothing." You don't know if you're going to live again. You don't know if there's an afterlife. Do what you want to do. Its what I believe in and its what I'm sticking to. There's no way I'm going to live my life to the end just to regret what I've done with my life.

**John Doe 696** · April 11th, 2007, 10:54

First off I would like to point out that no decision is final,there's usually time to try out all options.

You are quite young,when I was 21 I was a complete loser f**kwad,had a dead end job I hated in a Supermac's yes that's right,and basically had no more sense than an onion.Four and a half years later I have a beautiful wife,own my own car, have a nice big mortgage and a dead end job which I love (I work nights in an electronics factory,and I get to sit on my ass reading books,or of course,using my psp

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The point I'm trying to make is often when you look back often what seemed like big choices don't have huge reprecussions,while small decisions that cause hardly a thought turn out to be levers that change your life.

Personally,I think a change of scenery would help.Maybe a long holiday,or move counties?New stimuli and conversations will get the mojo workin'

I agree with GDF though,you could storm any job interview just by letting them loose on here to see the reactions to your work.Employers should be fighting to hire you.

Best of luck in the future.

If your gonna be around Limerick at any stage,hit me up with a pm if you fancy a pint.

Okay,this is what I get for not reading all the way to the end of the thread!Anyway;Glad you reached a decision,I think it was the right one,you're better off doing what you're passionate about.