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What other jobs are programmers good at? [closed]
I'm a programmer, I love programming, my hobby is programming, my work is programming, my life is programming.
My only problem with programming is that it involves sitting, staring at a screen and ...
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Most suited language for this purpose and why [closed]
I am currently looking at starting a hobby project - it will be a small site that will provide a marketplace for users to sell and exchange football memorabilia.
Also this is an opportunity for me to ...
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What are the best ways to find fellow coders to work on hobby open-source projects? [duplicate]
I've always had a hobby project, but lately I have less time and think I would enjoy things more if I worked on these projects with a few people.
Is there a place online where you can propose ...
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What is expected of an intern iOS SDK programmer from self-taught arena? [duplicate]
edit: I'm asking for samples an intern would want to show, please don't answer soft-skills that get this marked as a dupe, it is NOT.
To be more specific, what sample apps and background, is minimum ...
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Programming in Spare time [closed]
I work as an Oracle DBA, and looking for ways to earn a few extra bucks by programming or app development in spare time after work. I am quite familiar with C# .NET, python, sql and am also linux ...
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Which of these studies would benefit a CS student the most? [closed]
Which of these extra-curricular studies would benefit a CS student the most?
Algorithms
Advanced OS programming
Image processing
Computer graphics
Open source development
Practicing on TopCoder or ...
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How to keep motivation in hobbyist programming projects? [closed]
There is already a couple of questions here about motivation, but they are related to programming as a job, teamwork and so on.
I have been noticing, that in the past few years my motivation to code ...
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Show “hobby” project during the interview?
I am developing this Android game (Technology wise 3D with OpenGLES2 and shaders, some nice AI with http://www.steeringbehaviors.de/ ) during my free time.
The goal is to launched in the "Android ...
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Where do I find collaborators for hobby projects [closed]
I am one of those people who learn by doing, and I often get a new idea for a project beside work, which could be fun and perhaps later on profitable. I have had quite a few ideas, but I usually burn ...
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Hobbyist transitioning to earn money on paid work? [closed]
I got into hobbyist Python programming some years ago on a whim, having never programmed before other than BASIC way back when, and little by little have cobbled together a, in my opinion, nice little ...
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Starting a hobby project [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to plan before starting development on a project?
I have been going through the SE for quite a while but could not find a relevant answer for my question.The ...
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Importance of hobby projects
I want to know, how important is it to program in your spare time? Is it necessary to work your 9-5 as a programmer and then get home and work on your hobby to become a better programmer?
This said, ...
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How important is it to finish projects?
I'm a student (yet to go to uni) and I've been programming for about 5 years now. Over that time, I've flitted around from language to language, from API to API, and project to project. I've tried ...
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How to include programming-related hobbies on a resume?
I'm sure a lot of software developers have pet projects and hobbies that they do outside professional tasks. I have my own, and I'm struggling with how to include them on a resume. These are not ...
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I'm doing hobby programming; what programming methodologies (e.g. XP, Agile…) do you recommend me to read up on? [closed]
Most of you would probably just call me a kid (I'm 15). I'm doing hobby programming (I started fiddling around with ActionScript 2.0 in Flash 8 when I was 11, now I do mostly C, Python and Java). As ...
