Re: [Tutor] Real world experience

2014-05-11 Thread C Smith
What is a difficult problem that if I could solve it would indicate I am ready to begin looking for a job? I realize that solving just ONE problem isn't too meaningful, but I am looking for a level of difficulty or some sort of gauge as to what a good programmer would consider difficult. What would

Re: [Tutor] Real world experience

2014-05-11 Thread Tim Krupinski
Probably off-topic for the list but i'll let some of the others weigh in on that. This is more for help with the python language itself. But i'll weigh in. Programming is difficult work. It's definitely a profitable career. Its hard to say how much you'll make since it varies depending on loca

[Tutor] Real world experience

2014-05-11 Thread C Smith
I have never known anyone that works in this industry. I got one job transforming xml (should have used xslt, ended up using sed and python regex scripts) where the guy asked me how much I wanted and I threw 200 bucks out there because I could get a room for two weeks at that cost. He just laughed

Re: [Tutor] Help with Python

2014-05-11 Thread Dave Angel
On 05/10/2014 11:16 PM, Glen Chan wrote: Hello, I am a student trying to figure out Python. I am getting errors that I don't know how to fix. What do you do after you get the error message and something is highlighted? Does that have to be deleted? Anyway, here is what I mean... def main():

Re: [Tutor] Help with Python

2014-05-11 Thread Alan Gauld
On 11/05/14 04:16, Glen Chan wrote: Hello, I am a student trying to figure out Python. I am getting errors that I don't know how to fix. What do you do after you get the error message and something is highlighted? Does that have to be deleted? The error doesn't need to be deleted because it app

Re: [Tutor] Help with Python

2014-05-11 Thread C Smith
Hey Glen, include the error you are getting. It will make answering your question easier. How are you running this program, in an IDE? On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Glen Chan wrote: > Hello, I am a student trying to figure out Python. I am getting errors that > I don't know how to fix. What d

[Tutor] Help with Python

2014-05-11 Thread Glen Chan
Hello, I am a student trying to figure out Python. I am getting errors that I don't know how to fix. What do you do after you get the error message and something is highlighted? Does that have to be deleted? Anyway, here is what I mean... #>>> The Dice Game #add libraries needed import rando