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What can a technically proficient senior software developer study to keep improving
Say you have been programming for over 10 years. You know many languages, with few of those at very detailed level. You have been designing architecture for solutions, worked on and delivered larger ...
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Are these SQL concepts for beginners, intermediate, or advanced developers?
I've been learning SQL recently and practicing with MySQL/Postgres and soon Oracle DB. I've also search the web for a 'road map' study of databases but couldn't find one, unfortunately.
I want to ...
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Resources for small programming excercises [duplicate]
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Books or websites containing easy programming problems?
Are there any resources that offer small programming exercises?
I am looking for problems that are relatively ...
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Do you generally keep your “scratch code”? What's the best way of keeping past ideas organized?
I'm a novice programmer and I occasionally come up with ideas that I think will be handy on future projects. Having an art background, I used to keep a sketchbook. I would go back through these ...
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NLP as a job requirement
When an employer points out that NLP is required in a position what does he expect? Can I teach myself natural language processing theory or must know specific frameworks or what?
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Where do I learn most - by going to industry or pursuing a doctorate degree?
I enjoy learning new things, and thus I want to pursue a career where I can continue to do so. I'm currently doing my Master's thesis and will finish my degree beginning of next year. After that I'm ...
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8answers
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Is it worth being computer languages polyglot?
You can often hear that programmers should learn many different languages to improve themselves. I still go to school and don't have big programming experience (a little more than year). But what was ...
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1answer
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I have free time for Android development. I'd like suggestions on how to tackle this effectively
I'm finishing college for good tomorrow, then leaving my current programming job the next day. I'll be looking for opportunities, but I may end up with a month or two without a job, so with lots of ...
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What do you need to master a language and its technology? [duplicate]
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how to really master a programming language
Let say about Java(just a sample, you can talk about C#, PHP, C++ ... it's just similar) and 10 (ten) levels, 1 is newbie and ...
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13answers
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I'm in over my head at my job. What should I do? [closed]
About 8 months ago I was hired as the sole developer at a small company to take on a certain project. Although there are other small projects that come up from time to time, I've been spending about ...
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9answers
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How do I improve my code reading skills
Well the question is in the title - how do I improve my code reading skills.
The software/hardware environment I currently do development in is quite slow with respect to compilation times and time ...
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Learning to be a good developer: what parts can you skip over?
I have set myself the goal of becoming a decent developer by this time next year. By this I mean full experience of the development 'lifecycle,' a few good apps/sites/webapps under my belt, and most ...
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Programmer aptitude test [closed]
I have many friends that see what I do, find it interesting and ask me the question
Do you think I could be a programmer?
My response is
... ummm ... do you like math?
I'd like to have a ...
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8answers
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How to keep a team well-trained?
I'm currently mentoring a small team of 4 junior dev in small software company. They are very smart and often achieve their tasks with a high-quality job but I'm sure they still can do better - ...
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3answers
580 views
Written communication skills courses, how important are they for developers? [closed]
We usually worry about coding standards, ethics, latest technology etc. But at times we tend to ignore our writing skills and communicating skills.
Do we need to pursue a communication skills ...
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14answers
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Any tips to learn how to program with severe ADHD?
I have a difficult time trying to learn how to program from straight text-books. Video training seems to work well for me in my past experiences with PHP. I am trying my hardest to stay focussed and ...
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24answers
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How do I improve my coding skills? [closed]
Here's a bit information about me, before starting with the question.
I am a Computer Science Undergraduate, Java being my primary coding language.
The basic problem in my University are the ...
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5answers
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How do you keep up with the ever-changing industry?
Part of being a successful programmers means keeping up with the ever-changing industry, constantly trying to improve one's skills, learning new technologies, etc.
What do you, as a programmer, do in ...
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8answers
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Are programming skills and computer knowledge taught at university sufficient for industry?
I am student currently attending my fourth year at a Swedish university and will, if all goes well, take my Master's degree in Computer Science in winter of 2011. It is a respectable university, at ...
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6answers
662 views
How often do you expand your skill set? [closed]
In the ever changing world of programming, how often to you catch up on a new language or technology? I have heard it said that one should learn a new language yearly. Is that always true?
