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How long be expert c++ programmer?
May 12, 2009 at 7:47pm
I want to be new Bill Gates or Steve jobs or other $_$.What can I do? xD.ok How time study of day? thanks
May 12, 2009 at 8:41pm
To be another Bill Gates you will have to have a ridiculous amount of luck, just like he did (be born rich, be one of the youngest people in the world with access to a timesharing system, and have IBM hand over the most lucrative part of their business to you).
To be an expert programmer probably takes about as long as becoming an expert in any other field of similar depth. At least 4 years, but probably more like 8. Unfortunately, anyone who can write a working program thinks they're an expert.
As for how much to study a day ... that's just idiotic. If you enjoy it you will do it. If you don't enjoy it, do something else.
To be an expert programmer probably takes about as long as becoming an expert in any other field of similar depth. At least 4 years, but probably more like 8. Unfortunately, anyone who can write a working program thinks they're an expert.
As for how much to study a day ... that's just idiotic. If you enjoy it you will do it. If you don't enjoy it, do something else.
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May 13, 2009 at 1:35pm
Um, yes, neither Jobs nor Gates are expert programmers by any stretch of the imagination, so the answer is "don't go into programming".
May 13, 2009 at 2:36pm
Well, actually, Bill Gates was somewhat of a decent programmer in his time. He wrote an implementation of BASIC for IBM (or something like that. I remember being moderately impressed), IIRC. But he didn't become a billionaire by writing code, I can tell you that. The same goes for Steve Jobs.
If you get into a computer-related career, particularly computer science, do it because you like it. If you do it expecting to make obscene quantities of money, you'll become a) mediocre and b) disappointed.
If you just want to make money, a business "career" might be more appropriate.
If you get into a computer-related career, particularly computer science, do it because you like it. If you do it expecting to make obscene quantities of money, you'll become a) mediocre and b) disappointed.
If you just want to make money, a business "career" might be more appropriate.
May 13, 2009 at 2:56pm
hmm thank you.Ok I understand.I love this job.Money not important
May 13, 2009 at 6:41pmTo be the new Bill Gates DON'T work on programs under the GPL Anyone care to elaborate on that one?
May 13, 2009 at 9:10pm
anyone in particular? soz... revisision period so haven't got a lot of time for reading like this
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