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Geek-What's Next

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nish_higher Original post #1
Jan 23, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Hi all.i gotta know what can a non engineer (me) do with geekish abilities.i've a knack for computers and tech plus music and guitars.and hopefully be a sound engineer (not diploma one) / musician but i want something more.i've thought to go for doing some java/c#/game programming and also i'd be the first doc to do so :) .any advice?what flie can i do?.something thats got some career feature too?
victor_rambo
Jan 23, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Whoa! a doc into programming!
Well, same here, but not Java or C but PHP-MySQL!
gxsaurav
Jan 23, 2008 at 11:52 PM
What's your current occupation
prasad_den
Jan 24, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Another doc geek here... but not into programming stuff.. :D
Faun
Faun #5
Jan 24, 2008 at 12:11 AM
wanna learn JAVA the fun way:
Head First JAVA Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates (i bet even your colorful books wont be much fun to read with)


Yeah learn a bit MySql(would recommed to go for oracle) and PHP (for beginners), but if u learn JAVA then JSP(its like PHP) would be a job of one week to master (2hrs a day)

And if u want a drag and drop luxury then make a diversion to .NET.
a_k_s_h_a_y
Jan 24, 2008 at 12:18 AM
doctor !! and programming ... cool
but ur job is better ... stick to it... i dont want shortage of docs
N
Jan 24, 2008 at 11:23 AM
What's your current occupation

i'm a 50% tooth doc atm.



i had learnt a couple of languages in 4th grade-the ones that are obsolete now.did oracle for about 3 weeks and NIIT closed in our city :D
i've also been forcing :)) people to use linux since the launch of SUSE 9.1 and i think at least some still love it more than windows.and i could have made a win free area if only there were no asseblers giving pirated windows for free.

@T159 nice suggestion,thanks.gonna start java now :)