Programmers who are working for companies

[Sharrukin Amiri]

Hello,

I have never worked as a software developer for a company. I am starting to
look for a job but I am unsure about how programmers in a company work. The
time it takes to write code? What are the deadlines in a project?, etc...
Keep in mind that I have never worked in a company before. I am hesitating
because I have no company experience. Can anyone shed some light on this
matter? Perhaps give me an overview of how things work in a company?

Thanks!

Sharrukin

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Sharrukin,

There are no answers on your question. In a good development organisation
everything is planned, while in that time is taken time for testing, testing
by a testing team, testing by users, and the communication about that and
the rounds for changes.

There are as well development organisations where the management is asking
you why you did not implement yesterday the way the tax rules are for 2010.

If it is not in a development organisation, than mostly there is more time
given depending how many developers there are and how much is the knowledge
of that. Often can you be by smaller ones a kind of king and can you give
your own planned times (Never take those to times to short how much they
push on you, often is forgetten the times for testing, communicating with
end-users, and especially the part what is mostly forgotten, the time to
make it looks nice in a way the end-user expect).

Just my thought,

Cor

 

[Arne Janning]

Hi Sharrukin!

I have never worked as a software developer for a company. I am
starting to look for a job but I am unsure about how programmers in a
company work. The time it takes to write code? What are the
deadlines in a project?, etc... Keep in mind that I have never worked
in a company before. I am hesitating because I have no company
experience. Can anyone shed some light on this matter? Perhaps give
me an overview of how things work in a company?

You could read:

The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
by Christopher Duncan
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590590082/

Sample Chapters:
http://www.codeproject.com/books/1590590082_0.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/books/1590590082_5.asp

Don't take it too serious ;-)

Cheers

Arne Janning

 

[Sharrukin Amiri]

Thank you Arne for the info. Do most programmers, working for a company,
code in OOP. I come from a background in where we create our own standards
ie: Top down design code like the one shown on
http://www.amtekcenter.com/amtek/wdwscode.htm . Are those days gone?

I have started to learn VB.NET and I understand what MS is doing but I have
SYNTAX issues in the actual coding for ADO.NET & ASP.NET. The code I am
seeing now can only be a Copy and Paste method programming. Am I on the
right track that of thinking that one has to find the code and Copy it into
his/her code?

Any additional suggestions would be helpful....

Thanks Arne!

Sharrukin

 

[m.posseth]

Well i made from my hobby my work on 25 years of age ( i code since i was 13
years of age ) i had the same idea as you know have that the
"professionals" would code in a much better way and faster etc etc ,,,,,
well what a surpice when i saw the first garbage arriving at my desk with
the question if i could make an extension to this code .

if you love coding for the right reassons you are probably a better coder as
90% of the people out there who calls themselves a coder ( i have seen lots
of garbage produced by so called pro`s )


Just code by MSF rules and you are safe , buy yourself the MCSD self paced
training kit learn all the study material and you will see that 90% of the
times you are the one with the right project knowledge , use a spiral
design phase and you will see that a deadline can be extended throughout the
project and that the true planner is the actual coder of the project

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]