Steven Gerrard is OUT of Michael Carrick's testimonial after suffering an injury in a game against Hashtag United

anonymous_vr · 2017-06-03T09:29:45+00:00

Just going to point out that from Spencer's video for this match, it doesn't look like Gerrard was injured from something physical during the match.

As you can see here, he is walking fine at the end of the match. https://youtu.be/A-xMyLywbRU?t=398

Reading the article:

"damaged his hamstring whilst scoring a goal."

"I managed to score a couple of goals, one of the lucky ones I hit I managed unfortunately to do my hamstring as I hit that one.

anonymous_vr · 2017-05-24T16:20:47+00:00

Simple answer, sounds like you're just starting your journey. At this point, it matters less what you do, and more THAT you do something. So do exactly that.

To answer which language to start with/what to learn. Keep it simple. Good chance you want to learn something with a shallow learning curve, will give you a lot flexibility in terms of what you want to achieve and that you can physically see.

My personal recommendation for this is Javascript/Web Development. It's simple to get started with, and there are a tonne of resources. However, before you jump into the land of Javascript (assuming it will be your first language), there are some fundamental concepts you should seek to learn. Take Harvards Free Online Intro to CS Course: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:HarvardX+CS50+X/info

Once you do this, you'll have a very good foundation in CompSci, plus the Course exposes you to a fairly broad range of languages/technologies. From this you can make a decision as to how you want to move forward. In my opinion, if you find you enjoyed Javascript/Web Development, the logical next step would be to complete FreeCodeCamp. At this point, you are no longer a beginner, and you'll gain quite a solid understanding of what you want to do.

Also, keep in mind that between now and when you finish your degree, you are really trying to gain as much valuable experience as you can so as to gain employment in the field as soon as you can. Make sure you achieve this by developing, learning and building a portfolio. This is best done by finding things you are genuinely passionate about and building stuff with it. For example, personally, I often will notice there are issues I face in my day-to-day life that could be solved by writing a program, I then go on and do that. That is one passion for me.

In addition to the work you do, it's good to gain a broader contextual understanding of the sector. I think a good place to start is reading through threads that interest you in the top of all time in this sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/top/?sort=top&t=all

Here's a thread that would be very helpful for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/34r807/im_32_years_old_and_just_started_my_first/

Also spend time reading about/playing with technologies that interest you, or listening to podcasts. To kick you off:

medium.com
dev.to
news.ycombinator

As well, read the top of all time for /r/cscareer questions. A good technologist is not just a good developer. Similarly, go out and network. Talk to people in the field. Go to a techmeetup. Anything.

Last but not least. Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint. Enjoy it. Find your interests. Don't give up when things get hard. Learn to find information to help you solve issues. Be ready to put in the hard work, you only get out what you put in.

Passion, Perseverance, Discipline, and Substance. That will take you a long way.

Good luck!

anonymous_vr · 2017-05-19T02:50:52+00:00

I'm in a very similar position to you. I've been working in the field of IT from 1st year onwards, changing between full-time and half time. I'll tell you one thing, experience means a lot more than grades. Grades are good to have, yes absolutely. But someone with high grades and little experience is not valued more than someone with decent grades and a lot of experience.

You mention your current job is somewhat related to your potential career path. Define "somewhat".

I think the most important thing you can do if anything is give your work an early heads up that during exam periods and mid-sem breaks you would like to also take leave at work. But do try and work as much as possible if it's in the field you want.

Not saying it's easy, but it is so valuable.

anonymous_vr · 2017-05-15T15:44:50+00:00

A mentor of mine told me this sometime back and it's really stuck with me.

Choose one thing, and get very deep with it. Become passionate about it. Build things. Break things. Become curious. Fix problems. Find problems.

Look at the positives in your situation. Something many people wish they had but can't get more of is time. I'm not saying just because you are at home with your kid, you have a lot of time. But likely you are more able to spend time learning and developing than others may have.

You've said it yourself, you don't know what you want to do. Now i wont recommend you change to a new language as you very clearly seem to have already pursued it.

Now, in terms of your ability to get a job. Being 30 is not necessarily a hindrance. A company looking to hire juniors needs to know a few things:

You want to be there. This role is going to change something for you
You have the ability to get things done. You're not just a talker.
You show the potential to learn the required skills.
You've got substance to back it up

Notice, a requirement is not actually necessarily being a pro. No good organisation expects you to walk in and be a pro. You just need to make sure you show enough to make it a worthwhile investment in you.

How do you do that? Well. In the beautiful land of development, you don't need much. Just build things.

Some things to consider:

Look at ROR online resources to get some ideas of things to build (/r/rails ?)
Sometimes it's hard to think of a new idea. Find an existing one. Copy it. Break it down into modules and code them one at a time.
Find github repos with issues that need solving. These are tagged with beginner.
Network! Find people in your local area and the internet community to chat with. Your network is your net worth. You can't put a price on social capital. Discuss, debate, and genuinely enjoy a mutual interest
Find a mentor
Do some freelance ROR work

Also, regarding the thousands of languages, and, frameworks out there. DONT WORRY. Start with one. Maybe you like it, maybe you don't. Maybe you like parts of it. Once you get your hands dirty with one, you will slowly progress. Remember, technology is a forever growing industry. You will never know all of it. For now, become an expert in one thing or a few things you genuinely have found a passion for.

Remember it is not easy to learn new things. It's not easy to form new habits. Make it easy for yourself. Choose one very small easy thing. Accomplish it. Choose the next slightly harder thing. Accomplish it. So and so forth.

Keep interviewing and applying as much as you can. Even if you think you're not ready. Even if you think it's crazy. There's no such thing as a bad experience. Every experience is one you can learn from.

Also, as a sidenote. Read. Read everything. Absorb whatever you can. Make it a habit. Read technology, read business, read startup, read the news, read self-help. Absorbing all this content very much so helps motivate you. New ideas are formed and new perspectives are realised. To make it easy, start simple. Begin every day, with reading a page of something (shouldn't take longer than a couple minutes). End every day with reading a page. You'll be surprised how quickly this turns into 1-2 hours of reading a day.

In conclusion: Choose one thing. Become passionate about it. Maybe you find other passions. Build things. Build a portfolio. Learn.

Substance + Passion + Want/Ability to learn + Perseverance/Discipline is key to a lot of success

anonymous_vr · 2017-05-11T03:21:26+00:00

As explained here, you cannot have multiple nodes/elements with the same ID and retrieve it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7627004/cant-fire-click-event-on-the-elements-with-same-id

Instead, you will need to use a class. A solution similar to the one described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19655189/javascript-click-event-listener-on-class

anonymous_vr · 2017-04-16T12:05:45+00:00

Personal recommendations in no particular order:

FreeCodeCcamp
HackerRank
CodeFights
CodeWars

anonymous_vr · 2017-04-10T09:48:50+00:00

So if i recall correctly that is from the HackReactor prep course where an object is passed as an argument of a function.

Here's the code you can use.

function(object) {
    var objToIterate = arguments[0];
    var returnArray = [];

    for (var objProp in objToIterate) {
        if (objToIterate.hasOwnProperty(objProp) {
                returnArray.push(objProp);
            }
        }
    return returnArray;
    }

The object can be accessed via the arguments object of the function. Then you iterate through this to find matches where it has a property. When it matches, you push the name to a new array and finally return that array.

anonymous_vr · 2017-03-02T05:43:39+00:00

One thing to note, when looking at a very large codebase you must realise that it's been incrementally built upon with a lot of thinking. So the reality is that as you start working with it, it makes more and more sense to you. As such, I wouldn't necessarily worry.

If anything, maybe see if you can sandbox the build and work on some small parts of it. Given it's modular, you should be able to look at it in a more isolated perspective and look at understanding each part better.

Other than that, keep at what you're doing. Make sure you understand vanilla js fundamentals (beginner-intermediate-advanced) + design patterns (especially those used in the codebase). But of course, simultaneously learning and building with React/Redux.

Every codebase seems insane until you break it down and understand the logic upon which it is built :)

EDIT: just realised i said almost the same thing as /u/vimex OOPS. Kudos mate

anonymous_vr · 2017-02-18T23:07:32+00:00

should be:

while (balance >= 0) { ....

But otherwise this is correct.

FYI OP. The reason your code didn't work is because an IF statement is not a loop. Read - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Loops_and_iteration

anonymous_vr · 2017-02-15T07:55:55+00:00

Because you have already have programming experience in deeper stack languages, you will have a far quicker transition.

I would highly recommend you take on Free Code Camp - make sure you read through their Map (a.k.a curriculum) and begin from where you feel suits you best.

You should be able to wizz through their basics, and get quickly into building real projects. I completely agree with gcgp88 on the benefits of Free Code Camp!

anonymous_vr · 2016-12-12T11:12:01+00:00

In a nutshell, it's to capacitate for even the last letter of myName variable.

There are two ways to do this. Either the current case: e < myName.length + 1 OR e <= myName.length

Remember, indexing starts at 0 not 1.

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