[ale] Programming and preferred languages?

[Jim Kinney]

On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 12:46 -0500, Scott M. Jones wrote:
> On 2/2/17 12:37 PM, leam hall wrote:
> > I've coded in a few languages and have a couple I really enjoy.
> > However,
> > they don't tend to fall in the "lots of jobs" or "direct tie to
> > Linux"
> > category. The idea I've had so far is to pick a language I really
> > enjoy
> > and learn things like OOP, TDD, refactoring, etc. 
> > 
> > Not sure this is a good path though. I'm not young and am still
> > trying
> > to move from Linux admin to coder type of guy. 
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> 
> These days companies and interviewers often want to see your
> "portfolio", specifically on GitHub.  So, start a project or two and
> "Git" some of your code out on GitHub, if you want to be a coder.
> 
> Also keep in mind that larger organizations are typically very
> specialized, i.e. coders are not allowed to do Linux admin and may
> never
> have root access anywhere.  They just code.  You're more likely to
> wear
> many hats and use the full range of your experience in a smaller or
> newer organization.
> 


Very good point. Look for position like dev-ops.
> 
-Scott
> 
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