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Obviously, this is a very subjective question, but I think there are some objective measures such as job availability, job outlook, and role flexibility that could be looked into.

I'm one year out of school, with the bulk of my professional experience being in software. I've recently made the transition into FPGA development.

I'm hoping to move deeper into the embedded systems world. I really enjoy working on FPGAs, device interfacing, and embedded software. Unfortunately, the large company I'm at has a very strict hardware/software divide, with FPGAs on the hardware side.

From a visibility standpoint, sticking with the FPGA work would put me in a position to really make some important contributions that would have a big impact. But I'm concerned that going that route would prevent me from ever getting back into software. I see FPGA work as highly specialized, which makes me worry about limiting my future options. I'm also worried that FPGA development is going to dramatically change or be phased out due to advances in EDA and embedded software.

Software, on the other hand, seems like a skill that can be transferred anywhere. However, I would be just another face in a sea of software devs at my current company.

Due to other circumstances, I'll be staying with this company for at least 3 years, so going to a new place that allows me to do hardware and software isn't an option right now.

Any advice?

I accidentally sent some ether to an address while programming something last month. Can we please "lock up" those ethers too in the upcoming fork?

This is fucking stupid. Where do we draw the line? Would Vitalik advocate a fork if the amount of Ether involved was 1 million, or 100 thousand? Where do we draw the line, and who makes the decision?

Even the discussion about manipulation of a "decentralized" system is an abomination. For any reason. And this coming from the creator of that system. Well FUCK THAT!

I request the miners to reject this fork. Any pools that decide to reject this, will get my measly 5 GH pointed at them.

For example, I deal with scanned document a lot and I would create an easy-to-use PDF editor that can crop, rotate, OCR, convert to B/W, or greyscale, reduce resolution, etc, etc, to replace all the little programs that I use for these tasks individually.

I’m a software developer with several years of experience. I do Java, Kotlin, JS and TS. I make decent money as a full stack developer. Now hear me out. Let’s say that my new year’s resolution is to steer my career into making as much money as possible. I don’t care what it will take. I’m willing to learn anything just to squeeze as much cash as possible in, let’s say, next 5 years. What are the programming languages, tools and skills I need to obtain to achieve that?

PS. Let’s rule out “make your own business/app”. We are talking about classic full time employment.

Was curious if anyone who's in their current career for at least a decade but now want to switch to software development.

Can you all share your stories? Why do you want to make a switch? What was your primary reason? (was it money, remote work, etc. ?)

Apologies for the OT post, this group felt like a good place to start as many posters seem to be in this industry (and WFH). I guess it could be considered "slightly" on topic, as WFH makes it a lot easier and more flexible to reach FIRE or Coast-FIRE.

Although I enjoy it, my current career is not WFH friendly, and seeing so many others enjoy the benefits is giving me slight FOMO. As IT is the most WFH friendly industry, and I have *some* prior experience, maybe I should give it consideration? Putting aside the drawbacks of WFH, of which I have experienced, can anyone comment on the feasibility and pathway to roles that are:

- Reasonably engaging / problem solving

- pay >$50/hour

- option for part time or compressed hours

I worked level 1/2 helpdesks and small office networking stuff 1999-2010, and have basic programming knowledge (loved my 1st year Java units at University, written basic shit in C++ and Python etc, and scripted *a lot* in a bunch of survey industry software packages for my current job). I realise I could probably slide back into support roles fairly easy, and I haven't ruled it out, but not sure it is worth going back to, even if I could find one that paid that much on a WFH basis.

Thoughts?

This semester in Software Development with Felleisen and Lerner was nothing short of horrible. If you aren't a CS major or haven't heard of the class, let me explain. The course serves as a sort of "fundies 4", wherein students are meant to use the knowledge they have gained over the past 2-3 years in order to develop a large scale software project from scratch. This sounds okay in theory, but the structure of this course feels more like endless punishment.

First, students are faced with endless moving goals, such as changing assignment parameters that are fundamental to a successful project. Not only that, but the assignments are structured in such a way that you may have to rewrite code that you spent 20+ hours on the week before. The professors attempt to emulate a pseudo "corporate" environment, but I would argue that college is meant to build you up, not force you to break down and wonder if you picked the correct major after spending weeks on a project.

Not only that, but if you do end up in a terrible corporate environment, it is much easier to quit, whereas this course is a requirement for anyone pursuing a CS degree. I cannot speak for everyone, but several of my colleagues mentioned that Software Dev took close to 30 hours a week, which is completely unreasonable.

The professors are also snarky and curt for seemingly no reason. Every answer on piazza and over email feels degrading and confusing, and in some cases even misleading (intentionally or not, I don't know). There was a clear "god-complex" on their part, where changes to the spec were not mistakes, rather they were "clarifications". They preach about "good design" while giving half or more points to autograding, which means that the code you worked on for 40+ hours and attempted to design well could just get a 0 for the week. There was never any acknowledgement of mental health, or even that spending so much time on one class is not healthy.

Finally, there are two partner switches throughout the semester, which force you to THROW AWAY the code you have worked on, and switch to another brand new codebase. It is essentially luck of the draw if you end up with a decent codebase, or if you get a codebase that is completely broken and doesn't follow the assignments at all.

Khoury Admins, if you're reading this please change this course, to at least make the lives of your students more bearable. I'm sure if you read the TRACE reviews, the "hours spent" section will reflect what I have said

I’m in my late 20s and I am starting a career change into software development. However, I can’t seem to shake the thought that in 5 - 10 years I could either be struggling to keep or find job roles due to agism in the tech industry. Can anyone who is in a similar situation to me share some information on whether this is true or just an excuse for those who did not make the transition?

Edit: I am 28 just starting out the journey to becoming a software developer.

It was a stand up.

Hi, I am 26F current working as a management consultant and I am looking to switch to software development as I really enjoy coding and I’m very good at it.

I already have a masters degree and i am loan free. I can afford to be unemployed for one year and focus on my education.

What would be the best one year course to get me a job as a developer?I can spend a maximum of 2 lakhs on the fees.

Any advice will be highly appreciated

Morning all.

As per the title. I’m having some doubts about whether it is feasible in South Africa to be able to actually change careers in your 40’s to that of development roles. Either web or software, doesn’t really matter. I know it is entirely possible overseas to get a position once you’ve crossed over that threshold of 40. However, we are a bit of a weird one in terms of what is the norm in the workplace. I’ve seen it in my industry and my previous work places - young and dynamic is the norm, unless in management. For those in more senior positions, or even hiring managers and shot callers, do you see older folk getting jobs in tech here? Put aside the salary expectations, as that’s not a major issue as yet - covid has brought my small company to its knees and I started learning how to code last year to change over into something I enjoy and is more lucrative. I only wish I did it 20 years ago!

I looked into the Dun & Bradstreet credit report for Saitama LLC. The companies revenue is about 94k (very similar to the revenue of one of my DBA's). Software engineers make close to 6 figures on the low-end and much more on the high-end.

I assume Max, Elon, Nam, cryptologist (from the Twitter ama with Max), and the guy making Wolfcaster...can't think of his name.

Can anyone confirm this along with their education background and any relative IT certifications they hold???

Russ seems like he has a sales background, but he doesn't come across as an IT professional.

I'd like to do more of an in-depth research and analysis of the team's potential to create a blockchain.

Im still in 10th grade so i have a lot of time on my hands, especially now on christmas break and if schools go online due to covid. So since im quite passionate about computers and programming, i want to learn and work in software development. Any experienced programmers who learned online tell me what sources to use and where to begin, and what languages are most requested here in lebanon?

As said in another post, almost every control theory job requires significant software skills. Perhaps not to the degree required to be competitive for production software engineering roles, but relatively close.

I can’t be the only one bailing for software. Anyone else?

Experienced control theory practitioners, would you choose a software path if you were selecting your first job in industry?

I'm in land development and often I feel like the firm I work for is behind the times with the software being used. I'd like to see what a sample of the rest of the industry uses. If you're in land development, can you tell me what software you use for......

1. Site planning

2. Grading

3. Sanitary/Water design

4. Storm design/hydrology

5. Landscape design

I'll start

1. AutoCAD (not Civil 3D, just regular AutoCAD).

2. Terramodel (I'd like to start my team on exploring the capabilities of Civil 3D Grading Optimization, is it worth it?).

3. AutoCAD and just a calculator, occasionally Civil 3D if profiles are needed.

4. AutoCAD for drainage mapping based off grading from Terramodel; HydroCAD for hydrology and ponding; Excel for storm sewer sizing; MIDS and P8 for pollutant removal.

5. Our landscape architects use LandFX and occasionally Photoshop for renderings.

Thanks!

Source: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/211105e.pdf

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Hey everybody. I have been looking into WGU for a while now and I am considering either their computer science or software development degree. I have spoke with an enrollment counselor who answered some questions, but I’m still unsure which route to go. I like software development and am leaning towards that as a career, but most job descriptions require a CS Degree. This is the first time I’ve seen a degree even called software development. For those of you who took either of the programs or have any thoughts I would love your opinion! Thanks!

Odd question for this forum maybe, but was wondering if anyone has done the reverse of the typical SWE to devops transition and moved from devops to SWE. For reference I am about 2.5 years out of college and have held two different "devops" roles at a large company and a startup. Any tips besides just grinding leetcode? Cheers!

M worried that by the to me I graduate there will be no jobs left, or the market will be really saturated. Should I consider a career change before it's too late?

Job Posting

Full quote for a job posting on Zenimax website looking for a Senior Animator on their next game at iD:

"iD Software is seeking a Senior Technical Animator/ Character TD to join our team in our Richardson, TX studio (near Dallas) in the development of a long-running iconic action FPS.

This position will be responsible for the implementation of AAA quality animation rigs with a focus on Havok cloth and hair implementation. Working in coordination with the Concept, Modeling and Animations teams, applicants will be tasked with creating hair and cloth rigs to be used in both gameplay and cinematics. Candidates should be self-motivating and demonstrate strong technical, design, organizational and scripting skills."

Link to Previous Rumor

A lot of industries seem to use waterfall methods when it comes to software on physical devices that are not standard computers. What kind of software practices have been integrated into your industries to increase efficiency? What do you use?

Originally a transfer student from another university and doing ASU Online now. However my GPA transfer was below 2.75, and tried to enroll into the CS or Software Engineering program.

However the Fulton school said I did not meet their academic requirements and instead got enrolled into their IT program.

Tried to appeal decision but the department wouldn’t budge.

I love tech and coding and was thinking of getting certifications on languages outside my program as a supplement.

Would this hinder any possible employment opportunities working in software?

I originally chose Nucamp because of the price, but I wasn't too impressed with the 4 week Web Fundamental course. I was going to go with Careerfoundry because it's the second cheapest I could find, but there aren't too many reviews and the reviews I could find didn't have a whole lot of good to say about it.

At this point, I'm okay with spending a whole lot. If it means I'm at a great bootcamp then perhaps it would be worth it. I'm looking at General Assembly, Flatiron, and Thinkful and a few others. What bootcamp would you say is the greatest hands down, regardless of price.

(Yes, I'm aware that you could save the most money but self teaching yourself but I want to take the bootcamp route.)

UTSA student coming in during the summer of 2022, taking one last semester at SAC. I'm also a veteran so I'm planning things with the va to help me out figure out the proper career path, I really like software development, especially full stack development which is what I'm learning right now, however, I may want to learn and be in cybersecurity in the future, should I continue to plan towards a concentration in cybersecurity if I don't plan on using it later in my career or switch to a concentration in software?