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[Akim]

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

Don't all you IT guys feel like the next twenty years will find you replaced by robots? Shouldn't we be going back to school to learn how to most efficiently serve our robot overlords?

We will spark revolution and use these robots to create a utopia of the supremely lazy until we're exterminated by our rulers as useless eaters.

Now you know what will happen if we're replaced by Robots. Congrats.

[LizardNecro]

Originally Posted by Lagaidh [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.

Certs are worse than worthless (for development, I don't know about IT). I'd say as a dev manager, after having interviewed hundreds of candidates, the ones that put certs on their resume perform about as terrible as the people that put XML/HTML on their list of known programming languages. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've seen amazing devs with high school educations or that were college dropouts. I don't recommend that path but I have seen it.

Best thing to impress is have a 4 year degree in math, CS, or related, and show me some code you've written outside of work. I got hired for my first real job showing my employer my guild's DKP site that I'd written as well as a little tetris game I made on the mac.

[snow_man]

Tier 3 support at General Dynamics, working for the Coast Guard's Search and Rescue System.

[Renem]

Did 5 years in the Marines, now I'm in college going for a BS in Applied IT living off the GI Bill and my wife's paycheck. Just bought a house and a new Mustang. Life is good man.

[diplo]

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

Did 5 years in the Marines, now I'm in college going for a BS in Applied IT living off the GI Bill and my wife's paycheck. Just bought a house and a new Mustang. Life is good man.

eq and wife don't mix. quit in order to save your marriage.

[diplo]

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

Casino shift manager for table games

Borgata at Atlantic City?

[Elderan]

Software development since 1999. Mostly .Net client/sql stuff since 2003. I like to find small companies and work in small groups. I have a 2 year Associates Degree in Science but other then that I am 99% self taught. I am very successful in my profession.

The ability to adapt to what a company needs is by far the most important trait you can have in IT. Nothing wrong with getting a 4 year degree but self motivation and work experience is the most important factor in the IT industry.

When I am looking to hire programmers under me I look at end result much more then the code itself. Ever programmer has a different way of doing things. I am much less likely to hire someone who does things by the book and never deviates from that because I need to know someone is flexible and able to do what needs to be done to get the project done on time.

[Renem]

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

eq and wife don't mix. quit in order to save your marriage.

Nah she has accepted my EQ time. I really don't even play all that much which is why my rogue main is only about to hit 40. Hell, she even played for a while when I was deployed. Having a wife that is just as nerdy as you are is a huge plus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

[Stoggieman]

Borgata likes to take most of my money, and they recently scaled back their comp schedule it seems ... Looking for a new "casino of choice" in AC

[Artaenc]

Been in IT for more than 20 years, currently working for an investment bank as a project lead for Messaging/SAN/VMware vitual machines and many other misc servers. Looking for robots to replace me so I can have more free time and not be on call 24x7 365.