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bio website musicm122.blogspot.com
location Columbia, SC
age 28
visits member for 2 years, 9 months
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"Green"(I think I'm doing better than green at this point.) Self taught programmer with a few years of experience. By day mostly living in a .NET world. By night its anybody's guess....



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awarded  Constituent
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awarded  Caucus
Oct
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comment Is it possible for an amateur to become a good programmer?
This hurts my soul its so true for me atm, lol. 1 Year of the Spaghetti code you aren't allow to refactor ("you're complicating it!")
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awarded  Yearling
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awarded  Self-Learner
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comment Rolling your own Hackathon
@ Ryan I started my own as well. givecampcolumbia.org
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awarded  Citizen Patrol
Jan
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comment Why do programming books have such wacky cover art?
+ 1 @ Will for the awesome Fight Club Ref.
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awarded  Teacher
Jan
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answered Rolling your own Hackathon
Jan
6
comment I still can't figure out how to program?
+1 Nice answer. Gotta say sitting with an experienced programmer can be intimidating when starting out for new people as well. Speeding through stuff that would have taken you a substantial amount of time. But, depending on the kind of person you are things like that could be a motivating factor and light some of that fire in your belly. Pushing you to want to kick ass.
Jan
6
comment I still can't figure out how to program?
It is used to treat ADHD which is apparently very common in the programming community. I'd say drugs are not the be all end all but he does have a point.
Dec
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comment Rolling your own Hackathon
+2@Jay Beaver: Thanks, That helps me narrow things down quite a bit.
Dec
28
comment Rolling your own Hackathon
+1 @James, Berin, OscarRyz Thanks for the kind words of advice.
Dec
28
comment Any advice from self-taught programmers on competing with more conventional types?
+1 Damn filter.
Dec
28
comment Any advice from self-taught programmers on competing with more conventional types?
+1 for not taking the path of least resistance. And I think the "nothing guy" is the "greeter" or the person that stands in front of the store. We have those at walmart.
Dec
28
comment Rolling your own Hackathon
I was worried about putting together a website for that very reason (Over-committing). So what kind of charity work do you do mostly? (I'm gonna take a guess at web design). If so then what kind of organizations do you work with mostly and what sort would you keep your distance from? In addition are there signs for that sort of thing. (shady groups I mean)
Dec
28
comment Rolling your own Hackathon
Thanks, I'll get in touch with the local community charities. I get the feeling we would probably end up doing a website of some sort. Not that that's a problem or anything lol.
Dec
28
comment Rolling your own Hackathon
computing space might be a bit of a challenge but since it is in company I think we could get some dev boxes together. I can talk to our system admin about the logistical difficulties in that
Dec
28
comment Rolling your own Hackathon
As far as facilities go the company owner could provide for that. Speakers not so much as it will most likely be a relatively small group for the event. 10-12 people that know each other.