Where Do You Work?

[Princess Sammi]

I think it would just be interesting to know a little bit more about our players here in the land of forsaken ro!

Some of you might already know im a lifeguard/swimming teacher! I do enjoy my job alot even if it does interfere with my gaming x]

Heres a pic of me ready for work!

[-Si-]

Cool a life guard. Teach me to swim better lol. I am an average swimmer, still trying to learn how to dive. I used to work at McDonalds but quit since I am now attending school.

Edited June 25, 2013 by -Si-

[Rayray]

I used to work for HP Computers. I quit that job since I am not a fan of how the company was run and as someone as devoted as I am for the tech community, I hated how they make their products and I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. (Seriously, a printer with a tablet? what kind of design is that?)

Now, I am still on training for a new job, and works as a volunteer on a local Ruby Community(Ruby is a programming language).

[-Si-]

I used to work for HP Computers. I quit that job since I am not a fan of how the company was run and as someone as devoted as I am for the tech community, I hated how they make their products and I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. (Seriously, a printer with a tablet? what kind of design is that?)

Now, I am still on training for a new job, and works as a volunteer on a local Ruby Community(Ruby is a programming language).

Awesome, your also a tech guy. I am majoring as an IT Tech at the moment. I also learned a little programming as well.

[Victarion]

For the summer, I'm working at a call center giving customer service for TWC.

Normally I'm at school, on my way to becoming a Dentist

[Rayray]

Awesome, your also a tech guy. I am majoring as an IT Tech at the moment. I also learned a little programming as well.

^ My advice is be part of whatever local tech community you have in your country, IT HELPS A LOT KNOWING PEOPLE THAT LIKES THE SAME THING YOU LIKE. Or else you will be left behind. Most of the stuff I use now is due to the people in the Ruby Community, not because of school. 4 years in school, haven't taught me a single line to code Ruby, using Ruby on Rails to create web applications like twitter, using repositories, abusing the greatness of Git(and Github for that matter), TDD(Test Driven Development), Refactoring etc. Take note, tons of subjects at school, haven't used more than 5 of them in my field now.

Since you are a student, I am gonna give you advice:

Whatever you learned in school about IT, most of it will not be used when you work. You will learn what you want when you work, so don't mind switching from job to job if you can. I stopped at Web Development after going through Networking(Network Engineer), System(System Administrator), and Technical and Hardware(HP stuff). Don't settle.

School spoonfed you for sure. Nothing wrong with using IDEs, but they are not needed as well. Use a text editor when coding(Textmate, Sublime Text, or the best of the mall, Vim). For beginners, Sublime Text is the way to go.

Learning to use tools takes months. Took me 3-4 months to actually get the basic commands in Vim. Been using it for a year, still don't get everything about it yet.

Learn on your own, then ask people. Do not ask people without trying to learn on your own, you won't understand what they say.

Copying written codes off the internet is nothing to be ashamed of, as long as you know how they work.

Get your ass out of Windows and learn Unix based systems like Linux or Mac. Use what other people use, since if you get a problem, they probably have encountered it and has a solution on it, but they are most likely to have it in a Unix system. So if you encounter it on Windows, you maybe are screwed.

Edited June 25, 2013 by Rayray

[supream]

I work at a golf course and teach people how to play.

[-Si-]

^ My advice is be part of whatever local tech community you have in your country, IT HELPS A LOT KNOWING PEOPLE THAT LIKES THE SAME THING YOU LIKE. Or else you will be left behind. Most of the stuff I use now is due to the people in the Ruby Community, not because of school. 4 years in school, haven't taught me a single line to code Ruby, using Ruby on Rails to create web applications like twitter, using repositories, abusing the greatness of Git(and Github for that matter), TDD(Test Driven Development), Refactoring etc. Take note, tons of subjects at school, haven't used more than 5 of them in my field now.

Since you are a student, I am gonna give you advice:

Whatever you learned in school about IT, most of it will not be used when you work. You will learn what you want when you work, so don't mind switching from job to job if you can. I stopped at Web Development after going through Networking(Network Engineer), System(System Administrator), and Technical and Hardware(HP stuff). Don't settle.

School spoonfed you for sure. Nothing wrong with using IDEs, but they are not needed as well. Use a text editor when coding(Textmate, Sublime Text, or the best of the mall, Vim). For beginners, Sublime Text is the way to go.

Learning to use tools takes months. Took me 3-4 months to actually get the basic commands in Vim. Been using it for a year, still don't get everything about it yet.

Learn on your own, then ask people. Do not ask people without trying to learn on your own, you won't understand what they say.

Copying written codes off the internet is nothing to be ashamed of, as long as you know how they work.

Get your ass out of Windows and learn Unix based systems like Linux or Mac. Use what other people use, since if you get a problem, they probably have encountered it and has a solution on it, but they are most likely to have it in a Unix system. So if you encounter it on Windows, you maybe are screwed.

Thanks for the advice man, at first i was just going to settle with what I was being taught here but with your advice I do feel inspired and really do wanna learn more then just the tech part of it.I have worked a little on web development and network administrating but not nearly enough to say I know the enough to be of help. I'll definitely keep in mind not to just settle and to expand my knowledge towards technology. Thanks.

[Kate_apok]

i im Able Bodied Seaman in a Passenger Ship in Philippines.

[Rayray]

Thanks for the advice man, at first i was just going to settle with what I was being taught here but with your advice I do feel inspired and really do wanna learn more then just the tech part of it.I have worked a little on web development and network administrating but not nearly enough to say I know the enough to be of help. I'll definitely keep in mind not to just settle and to expand my knowledge towards technology. Thanks.

Never settle on what was taught in school. Schools update their curriculum every few years, that is a long time in the tech world. Almost every school I know still teaches c++, and Cobol and those two are nearly not used anymore. Few schools focus on web development, when it is already the trend now. I was forced to learn it by myself.

[gurkak]

I think it would just be interesting to know a little bit more about our players here in the land of forsaken ro!

Some of you might already know im a lifeguard/swimming teacher! I do enjoy my job alot even if it does interfere with my gaming x]

Heres a pic of me ready for work!

OMG!!!! O.O u stolen ma heart baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! married me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am a phisical education teacher i make alot of sport and keep me very healthy. ma speciality is work with people of the 3 age or old people like u wish. ^^

[Princess Sammi]

So many interesting jobs x]!! makes mine seem dull!

[jameslamela]

move this to off topic section pls... XD

anyways im still at college. im taking BS.marine engineering... my future job is to watch the ships engine 24/7... fun isnt it? lol..

[bboygarrison]

weweeeeeww xD I'm still in college.. and my course is BSME: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering :3 my future job is to fix machines in power plants xD just like Homer Simpson xD

[Billyjoe17]

^{im work at Unilever.. asst. Engineer}