Agreed. However, I don't think Tim IS a developer. If I understood the thread correctly, he's a student, young at that, who is contemplating java programming(development) as a career path?
Somewhere in the thread I thought I read that he was in the 9th grade. IMO, At that age the question shouldn't be about what programming language to use. Focus should be on what basic skill sets do I enjoy and/or have some proficiency towards. Your comment about whether he should be a devloper or not was, IMHO, spot-on. As I mentioned in an earlier post, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS are most important. Once you've disected the problem into implementable pieces the coding generally follows trivially. Obviously, not all PROGRAMS are simple. But it is my contention that the actual coding is not the difficult part. Analyzing the problem and deciding upon a tactical approach to the solution is, most times, 90% of the effort. It appears to me that Tim's statement "I don't know how to solve the problem!" is NOT the same thing as "I don't know how to code the solution." My .02. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Alan Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:16 AM To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] RE: is this the sort of code you deal with "in the real world" ? ||| IS this the sort of code you deal with in the real world ? ||| ||| If so, then my deepest fears really are true -- that java ||| in the real world ||| may be a little too difficult for me to handle. ||| ||| And that's really concerning. Tim ... are you kidding? No seriously ... i am not joking with you here, i am deeply concerned. This code is *NOT* complicated ... and please someone correct me if i am wrong. I looked through it again just to make sure, but there is nothing there that should concern any java developer. To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm ______________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
