Besides making you a pretty cool programmer, there is very little money to be
earned with those skills directly, i would say. Still, they will make you
stand out from a lot of other people, so that's worth something.
For programmers, I would say (and I do expect some feedback) the most relevant
skills are:
- to actually be able to program. No matter what language. (knowing the syntax
o a language does not make you a programmer)
- to be able to diagnose bugs in a logical manner.
- To know how to find help in case you get stuck. (including, how to phrase a
question:
- To understand versioning
- To be able to write automated tests
And then the list (top 3 only):
1 Javascript (by all means, number one in this web-enabled world)
2 PHP just because most website in UG still run (and will in the far future)
run php
3 Java (so you can program native Android Apps)
To read more about things that are important to become a really good
programmer, this is the mandatory reading-list for new programmers at mapbox:
https://gist.github.com/tmcw/6814708 (they do accept pull request, if you have
a suggestion)
rgds,
Reinier
On Sunday 13 October 2013 21:00:57 William Kibira wrote:
Ow and one more thing, what possibilities does a person who does C/C++ have
for being a programmer by profession in Uganda ?
I can Do GUI applications in Linux,BSD using Gtkmm and In Windows , Qt5
applications , and can drive data-bases along with that. Mobile applications
,
Computer Graphics with OpenGL and SDL. I guess what i am asking is , is there
any worth in knowing this stuff in Uganda ?
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM, William Kibira <[email protected]>
wrote:
Speaking of education, i was wondering if i could get some ideas from LUGs on
what to help guys in CIT Makerere, We have a club called the programmers club
but, as for the past year has been in-active, what i would like to know is
what is relevant to be taught right now to enable students of today to be able
to measure up in the next 5 years, and survive rather than feeding deprecated
knowledge.
Also , i would be welcome to some of the ideas you guys might have for the
next generation of Programmers :) in Uganda :)
..... Thank You :)
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:54 PM, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]>
wrote:
This is not even backwards!
It is off on another tangent.
IT should teach skills not tools.
I would rather someone chose their tool as opposed to blind allegiance.
And why Delphi?
How are the costs of carrying out these lessons going to be managed?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
sanga collins
Sent: 10 October 2013 20:41
To: Uganda Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [LUG] SA Avoiding FOSS in Education
wow, that's several steps backwards
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:08 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
This is the kind of headline I want Uganda to avoid, and think how the LUG,
FOSSFA and ICTAU can help prevent.
http://dkeats.com/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&postid=gen21Srv8Nme0_40332_1381256759&userid=7050120123
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