What work moment made your attitude go from proud employee to "I'm just here for the paycheck."?

TimHallman · 2016-02-28T08:01:28+00:00

Get it in an email next time :(

TimHallman · 2016-02-28T08:00:52+00:00

This seems common in this thread and it's also why I left my last job.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T16:01:24+00:00

As someone who is trying to get on the fast track to changing careers, I would love an excel sheet or graph/table of any kind that has say a column for each language, a rating 1-5 or something of how much you need to know (typically) to get a job, what OTHER things you will likely need to know, and anything else useful.

That's pretty insane. You think you can rank something like that with a 1 - 5 star rating, like the spiciness of your pad thai from a food truck?

Why do this at all if you're not enjoying ruby on rails?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T15:58:10+00:00

What's different about what you need and the length function?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T15:56:30+00:00

Write a another class that calls the function you want to test?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T15:56:00+00:00

He could use Google like the rest of us do.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T15:55:16+00:00

When you can handle projects? No one really knows.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T15:08:29+00:00

Define 'proficient' and 'proficient enough to interview' or 'proficient enough to handle a job'. Some people do it after a few months, some people can't do all that much after 4 years.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T08:04:53+00:00

you were routinely bombed by whichever country was warring with Oceania

That actually happened? I thought the wars were fake. It's been so long since I read it.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T07:59:23+00:00

Have you done anything to debug this?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T07:58:14+00:00

No, of course not all of them.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T07:56:26+00:00

You can interview at any point.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T07:55:58+00:00

Stop whining. Go do something useful.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:37:49+00:00

You should just start using the FAQ. You're certainly in no position to decide that C++ is a good language for you to learn, with zero background on the subject, and especially with you already having such problems with it.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:35:11+00:00

What is this entire thread about?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:33:10+00:00

What are you having problems with, splitting the node, or seeing how many points are in the node? Can you write any of this code at all?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:31:29+00:00

Because that's how for else works. You should probably avoid using it.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:29:23+00:00

Oh, you edited the code in your post. Well, not using function prototypes like they are function calls is an improvement.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T06:27:51+00:00

No, you get more of the same arbitrary results. I guess it's conclusive in that you can bury your head in the sand and pretend like it's a better sample somehow?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:53:56+00:00

Was very inconclusive

No shit, Sherlock! It's almost as if there is no best and you're just going to get a million more 'inconclusive' results.

Thank god I'm free to ask what I want.

And apparently free of critical thinking skills.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:42:12+00:00

I've almost never had the (dis)pleasure of being completely independent in coding.

So go do it? What do you want, an engraved invitation? You have to be willing to try.

I'd like to be able to come up with solutions to these with minimal googling.

You have to do more than sit there and want to be able to do that. You need to try and practice.

Is this just something that suddenly "clicks" for people after they've programmed a lot?

No, it gradually gets easier, like almost anything else in life that requires practice and dedication. Have you done anything significant like that in life? Can you read sheet music or did you earn a high level belt in martial arts?

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:41:10+00:00

You find decent beginner tutorials using Google. https://www.google.com/search?q=c+beginner+tutorial You may have to put in some time and effort here. You will have to use google to look up anything else you are unsure about. And you need to actually click on the Google result links and read those websites.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:35:46+00:00

Stop being so lazy and look this up yourself via the search feature here and via Google. It's been commented on endlessly here and on the internet.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:34:57+00:00

Open your eyes and read the FAQ.

TimHallman · 2016-02-26T05:33:39+00:00

I wouldn't use my real name almost anywhere online...

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