I kept seeing the title... I knew it was coming... I kept reading and reading. Bam, "give me money." It was very clickbank-esque in a way. An almost useless story because the part that you really want is being sold. We (programmers) wanted to know what to do if we get fired, not read a story about getting fired. I mean the message is there: "improve your job searching skills," but a 12 year old could advise that as a smart career move.
Furthermore, if a person must be advised to make a top-notch resume, or that having your name in google and not being associated with child pornography sites is a good idea; maybe they shouldn't be a programmer. Labeled: common sense... no amount of money can purchase that. Sure they get over one boundary and make it to the next obstacle, but where will their advisor be when its time to work as a team or develop a project? There's a certain amount of mathematics, logic, and the ability to find information on your own required in programming.
Then again programming these days is not the glorious lines of c and inline-assembly I imagined taking over the world while reading through the quakeworld source as a teenager.
Furthermore, if a person must be advised to make a top-notch resume, or that having your name in google and not being associated with child pornography sites is a good idea; maybe they shouldn't be a programmer. Labeled: common sense... no amount of money can purchase that. Sure they get over one boundary and make it to the next obstacle, but where will their advisor be when its time to work as a team or develop a project? There's a certain amount of mathematics, logic, and the ability to find information on your own required in programming.
Then again programming these days is not the glorious lines of c and inline-assembly I imagined taking over the world while reading through the quakeworld source as a teenager.