I will say it again :- You are not helping me with anything that is going to be graded so I should correct you on that. These problems are not being graded so you don't have to worry about me "riding on your successes " or however you put it.
I can assure you that I am *genuine* and am not asking out of *sheer laziness* as you put it. I sincerely do not know how to do these problems so perhaps I should correct this misconception. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:53 PM Subject: [jdjlist] RE: what is it like to be a programmer "in the real world" ? > ||| There it starts again. If people can answer straight on > ||| this list it would be really great. Why such convoluted answers? > ||| > ||| And am sure Alan this is of no interest to anyone asking > ||| questions be it on any > ||| topic. Its just going to make them think twice before > ||| asking a question down the line. > > I don't understand the problem here. The experienced list-members (of this > list and others) can always spot when someone wants their coursework done > for them. This is why there has been resistant to answer the question > directly. > > Being the first email address in the magazine, does any one appreciate the > volume of emails i get from students asking for help with their coursework? > Around Christmas and Easter time, the volume goes up i guess with the end of > their semester. So what am i suppose to do? > > The geniue ones i help of course i do; but the vast majority is sent out of > sheer laziness which to be honest, i really do hope they fail, as the > computer industry doesn't need anymore cowboys that blag their way through > than we are already have. > > As for what its like to be developer in the real world ... great question. > And one that i really look forward to the answers from some. I will wade > in later when i have had some time to think about it. > > But let me say this, and i am sure i speak for the likes of Jason and Joe; > this is not free consultancy. YES we will help, but we will not do it for > you. > > So if it does make people think twice before asking, then i say thats a > great thing. It cuts down on the noise of the list, and means that anything > coming through, has already met the first two criteria of Jason's tip-list; > (1) Read the API, (2) Google Search. They you may find that people > answering your question will go up. > > We love to help people that want to learn and help. We don't want to help > blaggers and people that will ride on our success. > > There has been some great threads of the past couple of weeks, and i want to > thank you all for contributing. > > alan > > > To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
