Today’s blog post will introduce another series in this blog – “Practical Programming”. This series will be about developing software in the real word and about subjects that you won’t usually see in computer science curriculums.<\/p>\n
Well to be honest – not much. I started a degree in high school but basically flunked out by the third semester, and never continued it. I’ve had a few professional courses in programming, but most of my knowledge and experience comes from on the job training, side projects (see my “Reflections” series<\/a>), the internet and other unofficial channels over about 7 years of employment as a developer. I’ll also concede that 7 years is basically nothing, and I’m at least 3 years from even starting to master<\/a> the field. So why the hell am I even qualified to write about it? Very simple – it’s my party, and I’ll write about what I want to. Programming the science is pretty different from programming the craft. To be successful at the craft you need way more than a mastery of a particular programming language or platform. Some general skills like teamwork are a must but also understanding project management concepts and methodologies (waterfall and agile for example), quality assurance concepts and a few other essential skills. The sad fact is that being a “rockstar” (eww) programmer is dependent more on one’s ability to ship software than on one’s skills with C. Some of the topics I already lined up for this series are:<\/p>\n Hopefully you’ll find this series interesting and informative, and you’ll become a better developer because of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s blog post will introduce another series in this blog – “Practical Programming”. This series will be about developing software in the real word and about subjects that you won’t usually see in computer science curriculums. What do I know? … Continue reading
\nSeriously though – it’s up to you to decide whether I am making sense and whether to learn from or discard what I write, or even better – start a discussion and give me your opinions.<\/p>\nWhy is that important?<\/h2>\n
\nThis series will talk about the skills you need to ship software.<\/p>\n\n