Re: [Staffslug] Something i thought i'd share
I think the basis for learning programming is probably first
understanding machine code/assembly (well..) and understanding the
electronics of what is happening in the machine.. after that you begin
to understand the different components which you can use to forge
parts of a program and the responses you will gain as a result, in a
perfect world that would work great - but that's why we have debuggers
in the end i guess.. to fiddle and make things work - by hook or by
crook! Programming is definetly an area i can see myself going into,
being able to construct programs based on my complex ideas is
something of an importance, as i struggle to explain some visuals i
get in my head of things working..
On 20/06/06, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 20/06/06, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> haha, yeah putting "in my spare time i dabble in a little computer
> hacking, pen testing, debugging" still seems too far out for most
> organisations aroudn the globe to accept.. then again, we live in such
> a cynical, paranoid world.. what more do we expect from it?
>
> with regard to what's stopping me, nothing beside a maths A level,
> computing A level and a science.. but i'll have those in a couple of
> years (if things go right!)
>
There you go, I don't have any A levels to my name. I could have done
a degree in computer media when I was working at W'ton uni but I
wasn't happy with the programming modules. I have been to Cannock
College to learn Pascal and a few other odds and sods...it didn't last
long as me and programming do not go together. Now, give me a bag of
computer bits and I'll build you a PC or troubleshoot it but no
programming. I simply do not like it and someting I don't like I have
a mental block about learning it.
Mind you, I did save everybody 15 minutes of work in a City and Guilds
exam constructing databases. I realised that there was a shortcut
that was perfectly legitimate that saved all that time. In an exam 15
minutes can be a lifetime :-)
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