Recent content by Mistake

Isn't a CS program heavily math dependent, but more so on the proof side?

Sounds doable I guess. Only problem is this is something that can take months to do and I'd like a job now. Which is why I don't think software engineering is the right path. This is a pipedream. Hope I find a project I can contribute to, spend X amount of time on it hoping I actually make a...

Open source projects are pretty intimidating for me. People who have been coding for years contribute to the project and I'm supposed to do something on their level? I'm just afraid my code won't be up to their standards. Yeah, I know that's all in my mind. But in any case, where do I find some...

Qt Creator (C++ IDE) is like Visual Studio or Netbeans, with the added benefit that it is designed for use with the Qt libraries, which are cross-platform libraries that handle everything from GUI development to networking and multithreading. In any case, the program I made used DLL files...

Yes I have. The roadblocks I've run into are: What do I program? People say "give yourself a project", but that's vague non-advice. I don't know what project to undertake that would force me to learn new concepts. I learned Python a few weeks ago. Made a small game with pygame. It was super...

I think in the coming years we'll see companies like Boeing expanding their horizons as well. Obviously I can't guarantee anything, but I'm optimistic about aerospace becoming an industry that will really grow.

I have a few years worth of programming and still can't even land a job interview. I have "programming" experience. Not "software engineering". I got my projects to do what they are supposed to, but I worked alone with nobody to mentor me, and therefore am largely useless in a setting where...

I enjoy software development, but I would rather go into engineering. However, like I've stated, I don't think I'm qualified to be an engineer either. I have no direction right now. That's why I'm asking for help. If I get told "Your best bet would be a job as an X" I would do that, providing...

Cold calling? I wouldn't know how to even start that. Many places I've been applying to have numerous locations and I wouldn't know who to even contact or where.

No no no, I'm not more interested in programming, I just thought that's what I was better at. I think I was wrong. I only briefly attended a career fair once because I was notified of it very late (I wasn't a student at the time so nobody really told me). Next time there is one, I'll be sure...

Okay looks like software engineering is out of the picture. I'm mostly at lvl 0 or 1, with a few on lvl 2 and I think 2 might even hit lvl 3. So it looks like I shouldn't even bother with professional software development. I guess I'll look at QA testing, though I've seen requirements for...

Is it something reasonable or something very specific? Like... when programming in C++ I always have MSDN open. I know there exists some function call that I'm looking for... but I can never remember the details like what to pass it or whatnot.

Is that going to fly on a job interview? "Have you taken any classes on algorithms?" "No, but I studied on my own." Or will they give me an actual test? You really have to understand here, I want a job ASAP. I don't have 10 weeks to sit around and do homework problems.

Thanks for the resume tips. I'll update it and give you guys round 2 if you aren't sick of me yet. :P This is what I'm talking about. I have to make up for months of education that I didn't get in something like a few weeks? That's what makes me think maybe programming isn't the bet career...

Here's the thing: it wasn't so much a job as it was undergrad work over the summer. "Fixing" the pre-amps was a matter of my supervisor telling me "Replace these parts here with this new set I'm giving you." I've been told the RF industry is in desperate need of people, but when I look at jobs...