The English barrier problem may soon not be a problem anymore with regards to China at least http://abcnews.go.com/WN/China/china-pushes-english-language/story?id=12154435
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:25 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > **At least over China you have the advantage that many (most?) of you are > native readers and writers of English. This is good for customer contact, > since many customers feel uncomfortable if there is a language barrier. > > > Robert Muwanga <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Jake. Will ask him to contact you for info. >> And a LUG meetup with this as a topic would be good. Would love to learn >> to better hone at my own skills and hear other people's experiences in the >> coding world. One thing I think that discourages a lot of potential >> programmers as a career is the thought of China and India (no offense if >> anyone here is from either countries) taking most of the jobs through >> outsourcing, but its still interesting to note that there are still many >> rather successful individuals even locally who are still in the profession. >> Would be nice to hear their thoughts and how they stay in the game. >> >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Reinier Battenberg < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The next LUG is when you organise it. This sounds like a great subject. >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:52:30 AM Bernard Adongo wrote: >>> > Great idea! When is the next LUG meetup? Physical meetups occassion >>> > show-n-tell sessions that can take anyone a long way in coding life >>> > >>> > On 18 Jan 2012 11:42, "Robert Muwanga" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > Hmm... thanks for the feedback. >>> > > I will ask him to join the group. It would probably be a good idea as >>> > > well since he might have more questions to ask. But for the sake of >>> > > other members who are probably interested in the same question, are >>> > > there any local groups/chapters that have programming "communions" ? >>> :) >>> > > >>> > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >> If he has Java skills and/or experience he should google and join a >>> > >> >>> > >> project called Elimu. >>> > >> I hate Java with a passion myself but I am enjoying working with >>> these >>> > >> guys and learning >>> > >> a lot about (the tyranny of) group development, and working on >>> > >> enterprise level foss.**** >>> > >> >>> > >> ** ** >>> > >> >>> > >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *On >>> > >> Behalf Of *Robert Muwanga >>> > >> *Sent:* 18 January 2012 11:16 >>> > >> *To:* Uganda Linux User Group >>> > >> *Subject:* [LUG] Learning and mastering programming/development the >>> > >> Open >>> > >> Source way...**** >>> > >> >>> > >> ** ** >>> > >> >>> > >> Hi guys,**** >>> > >> >>> > >> I have a colleague who is working but wants to shift his career >>> > >> towards >>> > >> software development. Even though he did do computer science degree >>> > >> and >>> > >> loved programming, he kinda side-stepped from that career. He still >>> > >> does >>> > >> programming though, but not really full-fledged development, just >>> like >>> > >> solving those programming competition problems from time to time, >>> > >> nothing full-fledged so he still has relatively strong programming >>> > >> skills but not necessarily development skills. **** >>> > >> >>> > >> What he wants to do is take it to the next level. A lot of people >>> say >>> > >> "read books", "watch those MIT videos", etc., which honestly is all >>> > >> well >>> > >> and good, but nothing beats hands-on, group development (part-time, >>> or >>> > >> slow paced at least for now), which is very well enshrined in the >>> > >> open source community. To cut a long story short, he wants to get >>> > >> onto such a project but doesn't know where to start or how to get >>> > >> on-board, and, like I said, his programming is relatively good but >>> he >>> > >> doesn't know how to use development tools like debuggers or software >>> > >> repositories like >>> > >> git/subversion.**** >>> > >> >>> > >> So, if we take him as a beginning and budding developer, what advise >>> > >> can >>> > >> you give to such an individual? **** >>> > >> >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >>> > >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> > >> >>> > >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> > >> [email protected] >>> > >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> > >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> > >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> > >> >>> > >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> > >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> > >> >>> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>> > >> (including >>> > >> attachments if any). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >>> any way. >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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