> after I finish college? Is there no company who is looking for INexperienced > students (formally, because I have been doing some minor projects, but never > actually worked in a firm)?
This is the tough bit in many jobs really. You just cant beat experience and get can better value for money paying an experienced programmer well rather than paying inexperienced programmer peanuts. Add in time pressures and there isnt scope for an inexperienced programmer to learn. In large teams though, you will find people willing to take on beginners with extremely promising credentials. Mostly, however, the ways in are basically hard work ways of getting experience. 1/ Try and get some experience from consulting work - there is a market that is extremely price-sensitive and has to use beginners because cant afford anyone else. Schools, small business. 2/ Involve yourself with open source projects where authorship of code is visible. 3/ If you have all time favourite employer, you may get some work by offering to do it for free. I don't like this but it happens. I get offers even but frankly for me, it not ethical and can involve more time in supervision and fixing up than value given. On other hand, if you prove your mettle, you can get at least a reference and maybe even a job. My 2c. Wonder what other peoples experience is. Personally I morphed from mostly scientist to mostly programmer within existing job and don't have a lot of formal computer science papers under my belt. ---------------------------------------------------------- Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
