Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[!smentzer@ecom.net (Steve Mentzer)]

>
>well you mean as easy as Visual Basic ??
>well, I don't really see ppl program in Visual Basic as programmers. Usually 5 
out
>of 10 Visual Basic programmers are from CIS major and the other 5 are MCSE
>certified, these people don't really understand what is progrmming,they are 
just
>trained to use Visual Basic to make a program, but make a program is not
>programming (hope you understand, poor soul). If you want to have Visual Basic
>experience on Mac, go for Real Basic.
>


You obviously don't work in the field, son. The vast majority of Windows based 
enterprise development is done in visual basic. Just open up your classifieds 
section in your local metro newspaper and look at "jobs offered". Just about 
every windoze developer position requires 2-3 years *minimum* of visual basic 
4/5/6...



>
>yes.. you might not be a liar, but who could really tell which one crash more 
?? If
>you use communicator more, you'll certainly see communicator crash more, if 
you use
>ie more you certainly see ie crash more ... hahahahaha...
>

... interesting... i used to use navigator all the time.. crashed left and 
right... switched to IE, use it all the time... hardly ever crashes... hmmmm





>you've been working in the which field for 10 yrs ?? do u mean programming?? 
then
>you must be a CIS major, according to my Computer Science professor, you 
should at
>least be working as a system analyst after 10 year.. ~_~
>


Actually, yes I am in the "programming" field. My official title here is 
"Senior Programmer/Analyst"...... and no, I am NOT a CIS major. I *was* a CS 
major, but I dropped out of college after about 2 years, and got a job as a 
programmer... never looked back.

BTW: I have known a TON of computer science professors over the years, and I 
can count on ONE hand the number of them that were competent enough to work in 
the "real world". Academia isn't what makes the IT industry go round :)




>
>Apple won't make Visual Basic Stupid .... Code warrior is good enough.
>

Is it really? Last time I checked, code warrior was an IDE for a multitude of 
compilers and languages.



>
>I don't think Macintosh would need a programmer like you . ^_^
>


So, the feeling is mutual.   :)