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Hagan said:
A little late for that. :p (with some people)
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But then from here on in, be quiet about it. I promise you, your life will be much easier.

Why don't you do an A+ course to get better at the hardware stuff? That'll help you out if you want to fix and maintain stuff. It is a great first step. I believe you can do it through UNISA over distance learning as well.
 
Hagan said:
Programming is still a lot more intense than fixing PCs. There is so much more mental strain involved; FYI, I don't cope well with mental strain.
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a technician sounds like a nice job but its not and most companies are looking for people with the ability to also set up servers (they normally run unix or linux servers and you need to be a master in the console (command line ie text like dos) and networking (which is a schite job in my book) , and remember if you work for some IT Companies and you blow a component EG a really expensive CPU ;), you normally pay for the damage if it cant be rma'd. they're not just looking for guys that put things together like a puzzle and boot up the machine as almost anyone can do that.
 
Hiro said:
check out this site, its a really nice way to get started :

http://www.codecademy.com/
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Ironically, it is by them that I'm am learning various types of coding; currently doing java.
TheAvenged87 said:
But then from here on in, be quiet about it. I promise you, your life will be much easier.

Why don't you do an A+ course to get better at the hardware stuff? That'll help you out if you want to fix and maintain stuff. It is a great first step. I believe you can do it through UNISA over distance learning as well.
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I was going to study that after finishing my PC Repairs course. Still waiting on that damned certificate, and I forgetting to phone them.
 
Hagan said:
*headache*

I'm learning about Bools in online java coding as well as Xcode, isn't making it any easier to remember. So many different variations of code that needs to be remembered. :cry:
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Boolean as a data type is just a 0 or a 1, boolean logic is more a description of how computers "think", which is the if, then, else type decision, which is all about if something is true or false (1 or 0).

These sort of concepts are independent of language though, so once you understand the concepts, it's just the syntax that's different
 
Dohc-WP said:
a technician sounds like a nice job but its not and most companies are looking for people with the ability to also set up servers (they normally run unix or linux servers and you need to be a master in the console (command line ie text like dos) and networking (which is a schite job in my book) , and remember if you work for some IT Companies and you blow a component EG a really expensive CPU ;), you normally pay for the damage if it cant be rma'd. they're not just looking for guys that put things together like a puzzle and boot up the machine as almost anyone can do that.
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Or I should simply start my own business (as I was going to do). Be my own boss.
 
TheAvenged87 said:
But then from here on in, be quiet about it. I promise you, your life will be much easier.

Why don't you do an A+ course to get better at the hardware stuff? That'll help you out if you want to fix and maintain stuff. It is a great first step. I believe you can do it through UNISA over distance learning as well.
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I did an A+ (Or the Damelin equivalent of it anyway) somewhere between 2003 and 2006. Probably so outdated these days.
 
Hagan said:
Ironically, it is by them that I'm am learning various types of coding; currently doing java.


I was going to study that after finishing my PC Repairs course. Still waiting on that damned certificate, and I forgetting to phone them.
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I suggest you get on that.

matt said:
I did an A+ (Or the Damelin equivalent of it anyway) somewhere between 2003 and 2006. Probably so outdated these days.
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I considered doing one for shits and giggles. I tend to always be studying something. Now busy with BCOM HONS Marketing Management, but even in my off times, I do a course in something that I like and is either free or can be considered essential. Next on my list is the A+.
 
matt said:
I did an A+ (Or the Damelin equivalent of it anyway) somewhere between 2003 and 2006. Probably so outdated these days.
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i did the A+ N+ and Security + and most of the time everything i know about pc's was learnt through my own personal troubleshooting and trial and error.

eg I had a friend who had a new pc built it didnt wanna boot they swapped everything on the mobo and eventually from the mobo to the psu and it still didnt boot, after he dropped the pc at my place i took a look at it after a few days, also tried to run it (process of elimination of components) and it still didnt boot, eventually took everything from the case and tried to run it and the pc booted, after investigating the case a tiny piece of metal from the case touched the mobo and caused a short and thats why it never booted.

also had an issue with a laptop from a client that HP couldnt fix, they also changed motherboards and cpu's twice, eventually I installed core temp once the lappy got a certain temp it kept shutting down, i told him its the heatsink and fan assembly is not making proper contact, we replaced it and the laptop is still running perfectly. some issues require a bit of out the box thinking that an a+ or N+ dont teach u
 
matt said:
What you struggling with? The basics of code all come down to boolean logic, which is basically if something is true, then do x, else do y. Boils down to true and false, yes and no, 1 and 0.
eg
if (something == true) {
//do some stuff
} else {
//do other stuff
}

Looping is another basic concept that also relies on boolean logic, basically
while (expression == true) {
//do some stuff
}

And that will keep looping until the expression becomes false

Or you can loop through a collection and run code for each item like
for each (thing x in BunchOfThings) {
//process x
}
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I've started experimenting with scripting in inventor to be more efficient. It would seem that it's based on VB.NET.

baghousescripting.jpg
 
Saint_Dee said:
Just spoke to my cousin and he's cracking jokes about how the stabbing is going to make him a superstar (50 Cent or 2Pac). Suffice to say, he sounds like he's recovering greatly. He'll probably be in hospital for another day or two for observation (for the sake of the punctured lung). That's a big load somewhat off my mind.
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just heard about this now, eish bud, much glad he's ok
 
czc said:
I've started experimenting with scripting in inventor to be more efficient. It would seem that it's based on VB.NET.

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I don't know inventor, but that's probably VBA, which comes from VB6. Old and crappy, but at least if you learn it, you can use it in eg Excel as well to add extra awesomeness to spreadsheets.
 
TheAvenged87 said:
I suggest you get on that.



I considered doing one for shits and giggles. I tend to always be studying something. Now busy with BCOM HONS Marketing Management, but even in my off times, I do a course in something that I like and is either free or can be considered essential. Next on my list is the A+.
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A+ is like introduction to computers these days you would just be wasting your time.

Evening all.
 
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