Yea I agree with Judith. I'm in college right now, going for my BS in
Computer Science, and trying to make some money on the side. Since I can't
work full time, there aren't a lot of opportunities open to me. Even most of
consulting is full time.
I have a lot of programming experience. Some from school, most from reading
books, and not a lot of work experience. This summer I got an internship
that allowed me to get my hands on CF in an enterprize environment. Since I
was an intern they didn't give much care to what I did, so I focused on
learning CF. I did a couple of projects and learned it well enough to
consult after the internship was over in September.
Now I work out of my own bedroom, and I love it. I dont' have to waste time
getting to and from work, I can get up later, more refreshed, instead of
going to work and drinking coffee for 2 hours to wake up . I work on project
basis, so how much I make, depends on how fast I work. So there's none of
that sitting around the office surfing the web and getting paid for it. I
don't know ColdFusion on an expert level, but I've passed a BrainBench
Certification at a master level, and if I could afford it, I would take an
Allaire Certification.
So I too, am proud to call myself a professional.
It's the other people who are not professionals. The ones that graduate from
college without any kind of experience, and go into the workforce. College
is not such a great educator now. I know that I've learned 10 times more at
work and learning myself then I did from school. Maybe training courses
would teach me something, but they'd have to be pretty good ones. And those
would cost a lot of money. I've taught at some courses, and the curriculum
is pretty weak. But then again, how much can you really learn, until you put
your hands on the keyboard and do a real project?
When I apply for a job, I don't lie and pretend to have 3 years of CF
experience. Although I could, and I could probly handle the job afterwards
(I'm a pretty quick learner). I just don't think that's professional.
Ruslan Sivak
Freelance CF Developer
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