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double duties part duex

September 19th, 2009 Eric Leave a comment Go to comments

Splitting work and school so far has been alright, but I’m kind of worried about what it might mean later in the semester.

I am definitely learning a lot working at Jackson, but what happens when I have a lot going on at school?

Speaking of learning a lot, here’s a few things I have picked up so far at Jackson:

  • Programming in “the industry” is quite different from programming at school
    • A solution isn’t necessarily the right solution just because it works and is fast
    • There are standards that are in place that are kinda like unspoken rules at a secret club
  • I actually like programming in Java
    • It’s fairly similar to the languages I have been using
    • Eclipse makes learning the language much easier with autocomplete and syntax checking
  • I will never know it all, and I need to rely on others
    • I have been put on projects where I literally know nothing
    • People higher up aren’t the only ones that have good answers, many times my peers know as well
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