[SGVLUG] job markets and interviews

[Jesse Garcia]

Hey Dan thanks for your input! I look to gain knowledge more than cash right
now anyways. I work at Best Buy so anything would be better. Will definitely
take your advice and start small. It just seems each time I learn something
there is some whole new entity to learn within the first. So I tend to jump
around. I just need to start and finish one aspect.! Thanks


On 4/17/12 10:54 PM, "Dan Kegel" <dank at kegel.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Jesse Garcia <aicrag11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  I really enjoyed your info! I am still in school and was looking to see
>> hopefully to get some experience while in school so that by the time I
>> graduate, I have more than just that requirement, I have the experience that
>> many require as well. Being that I'm new to this I don't know how realistic
>> it is for me to think this is possible. I read Dans email and am currently
>> working to learning the skill sets required to apply for his internship.
> 
> *blush* I admit, my internship is exactly as Matti described:
> the intern will get more experience than cash out of it.  But I have
> helped a lot of guys up a rung of the ladder.
> 
>> But
>> what do you guys recommend for a beginner in programming, currently still
>> learning C an plan to move up gradually, but I notice on these emails I half
>> the time don't understand . So what kind of studying can I do, aside from
>> school, to learn these things in advanced. Mostly pertaining to programming.
>> Books or anything... Thanks in advanced.
> 
> Program something before noon every day.
> Small is good.
> Don't be afraid to fail.
> Try test-driven development -- when it fits, it's very helpful.
> - Dan