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[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by Kevlar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you get to stick it in, or is it just bump and rub?

I don't see nothing wrong with a lil bump n grind.

[Lonetree]

Originally Posted by Nlaar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Survey Methodologist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_methodology

So whats your methodical analysis of this survey nlaar?

[Suluvil]

Helicopter mechanic

[Lagaidh]

I'm a programmer. I'd call myself a software engineer, but in my own opinion, I'm not quite there... just a clever programmer who's not clever enough to design the whole shebang.

I also taught beginner and intermediate guitar for a while. I only mention that because I love being able to say "I never took a guitar lesson, but I ended up giving them."

I am also a budding numismatist. That little venture is beginning to show a profit, which I dump back into more coins!

[Lagaidh]

Originally Posted by eqravenprince [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BA in Computer Science and have been a computer programmer for 14 years since graduating.

I went to William & Mary, and their CS degree was a Bachelor of Science. On graduation day, there were too many in the class for the normal queuing area, so there was a room with a sign over it for those of us with T and greater last names: "BS Overflow".

*Sigh* none of us had a camera. The cell phone explosion wouldn't happen for a few more years. We really began to laugh as we looked at our degrees... written in Latin... that none of us could read. BS indeed.

They did include a little translation card.

[Lagaidh]

Originally Posted by Kevlar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

After a four year glory filled stint as a field artilleryman I took the GI Bill money. Now I build advanced radar systems so that I can help others blow people up like I once did. With the push of a button.

Just remember there are only two types of people in the world. Artillerymen, and targets.

The logician, or pattern catcher might say: Then there is only one kind of person in the world, because artillerymen are targets of other artillerymen.

[Lagaidh]

Originally Posted by Ephi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gotta want it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I suppose.

The two best programmers I ever met had nothing more than high school educations. One even ended up working for Bethesda (gaming studio).

I'm not saying certs are worthless, I personally don't really know. I've been on dev teams for the Navy, Marines, Darpa, in the medical field, aircraft design, telephony and IVR, and business apps. In 13 years, I can count on my hands the number of programmers that had any cert, other than a CS degree, on any of those teams.

In my own experience... I'll say that again... In my own experience, the certs just give potential employers a quicker way to sort a candidate; just like 4-year degrees do for a lot of non-technical positions that really only require a candidate to be timely and not a complete dipshit.

The funny thing is that a 4-year degree, or cert, does not guarantee any of that.

My own experience shows me that again: I pulled a 3.5 in college, 3.8 in my CS major at a fairly prestigious school. I never was as good as the folks that always looked confused in class when we hit the real world. /shrug

[cadiz]

Shaquille O'Neal impersonator. As a short white man I've not been very successful thus far but I'm not letting that keep me from pursuing my dream!

[Akim]

Working those government backed student grants/loans hard. Bartend a few hours on friday or saturday. Fix/upgrade computers on the side.

[DoucLangur]

Originally Posted by Lagaidh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've been on dev teams for the Navy, Marines, Darpa, in the medical field, aircraft design, telephony and IVR, and business apps.

Derail not intended but possible:
I never understood how intelligent people can offer their skills to armed forces in today's times... I mean back then, when there were actual wars between countries and people had to defend themselves... But nowadays all those armies do is that they get used to further the cause of the upper ten thousand or so.

Most soldiers get manipulated into thinking they're fighting for a greater cause - and sadly that still works, millenia after the invention of wars....

Nowadays people *think* it's about who has the greater imaginary friend, but like almost every time before, it's just about a clash of economical interests. There are not even nations fighting anymore - a big part of conflicts is fueled by corporations to maximize profits in the unrest that follows....

Edit: Slozem - (civil) rocket scientist (sorta [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]