List Ya skills

yaksman · 16th October 2003, 11:09

Hey Peeps.

I've had some excellent feedback from many of the fellas and fellasses in this forum, and have even been foolish enough to have paid some of you for it!

Anyhow, the point of this thread is for ya'all to list your skills if you want to offer free help and advice. (wanted paid work is kinda like advertising so that can be dealt with person to person I guess).

Anyhow, if you want to list some of your skills, qualified or not, then list some here. Anyone wanting help can control+f for the skill needed and then contact each person.

Feel free to make this sticky if it gets good feedback, or delete if it turns funny. Please only post ya skills!

Farmer Joe · 16th October 2003, 12:22

While I think this is a good idea, I like the fact that people post questions and answers here so everyone can read them.

yaksman · 16th October 2003, 12:25

Yep that's cool, but I'm thinking of when people need work done, or will pay to have work done. This doesn't involve helping out with exerts of code. The users can draw the line anyways.

MadLep · 16th October 2003, 12:37

STICKIED!

Sounds like a good idea. I'd agree with FJ. It is still good to keep day to day questions and answers where everyone can read them. Would be helpful for more extensive problems that are specific to one situation, or for pay though.

Anyway, I'll kick it off.

Java, Swing, J2EE, OO design, JSP, HTML, XML, XSLT, Oracle, MySQL, C/C++, JBoss, Orion app server (AKA Oracle 9i app server) PHP, Lotus Notes/Domino

yaksman · 16th October 2003, 12:41

Cool. Me joins the line. Core skills I am confident with:

* Html / css
* php
* Javascript
* Java
* Perl
* Mysql
* Oracle
* *nix
* Apache

That'll do.

Baal · 16th October 2003, 13:06

php, perl, python, xml/xslt, linux, postgresql, mysql, oracle, html, apache

samael · 16th October 2003, 13:42

competant in :
c

java

xsl

networking skills from fucking around at home with small networks of linux/win98/XP machines, and at lan parties with up to 14 98/me/2k/xp machines, so not quite a sysadmin yet.

General linux use and configuration

an arseload of theory from uni that hasnt been used yet (but no doubt will be)

Pimpfish · 16th October 2003, 14:39

Mac OS X
Filemaker Pro
applescript
Logical database design
MySQL
xml
DHTML

Bahamut · 16th October 2003, 15:31

Confident In:

C/C++ (Non-GUI)
CSS
Java (incl. AWT & Swing)
Linux
mIRC Scripting
SOHO Networks
Windows
XHTML

Some Experience with:

Assembler (WRAMP)
JavaScript
Haskell
MySQL
PHP
Tcl/Tk
Unix

Madman · 16th October 2003, 16:04

PHP/HTML etc
C/C++

Noodles · 16th October 2003, 16:34

Coding:

Confident in:

Cold Fusion
HTML
JavaScript
SQL

Learning/had experience with:

ASP
XML
PHP
C/C++
Perl

Misc Computer stuff:

Windows
Linux
Networks
Wireless
Numerous Servers

etc

Foggerty · 16th October 2003, 17:31

Delphi - LOTS of experience, just not in the areas people are used to.

Report Builder - heck, reporting in general *ack*

xBase - remember that?

Some basic Linux skills

The usual MS operating system/networking stuff (MCP - NT4 Core Tech.)

More experience in documentation (formatting of, and some writing) than I particually care for

Rahven · 16th October 2003, 19:25

Confident in

C#
ASP.NET
Windows Forms
SQL Server
ASP
HTML
Javascript
C / C++
SQL and the other relational database stuff
XML

SID|DensitY · 17th October 2003, 00:33

ok

* Assembly
* C/C++
* Pascal
* Delphi
* DirectX 9.x
* Win32

hmm thats it

HEX · 17th October 2003, 09:52

Bread winners:

ASP.NET (C#)
ASP (Microsoft & Sun One)
JavaScript
VBScript
CSS
(X)HTML
XML (and related)
SQL (MySQL & SQL Server specificly)

Other Comfortables:

Windows Scripting Host
Perl

[edit] Can I mention that I'd currently like to win some bread?

Farmer Joe · 17th October 2003, 12:10

PHP
Perl
[X]HTML
CSS (inc. style based layouts)
Apache
MySQL
XML (inc. RSS etc.)
Javascript
Java (ish)
Cold Fusion (been awhile)
Linux (noob)
UI Design

Dan · 17th October 2003, 12:15

This thread has made me think about how much I know. I am finishing a BSc. in computer science this year (had my last lecture this morning even, only 4 exams to go now..) and I really have no idea how good at programming I am or how confident at it I am. The only experience I have had in IT is as a network/systems administrator (mostly win2k + a bit of linux...) in a job i've had this year since feb. I get reasonable marks at uni (A- average).

However, reading the lists here makes me feel like I know hardly anything. Did anyone else finishing a degree feel like this?

My list:

languages im really confident in:

- java

others im not so confident in:

- c
- css/html
- a bit of SQL + relational db stuff
- linux
- networking, addressing, routing, analysis & design, unix services
- win2k systems/networking admin stuff
- LaTeX

(by not so confident in, I mean I have only had to do a few things in each for assignments and the like. Everything i've done in them has worked, I just haven't got much experience)

samael · 17th October 2003, 14:13

i felt exactly like that Dan. I knew all this shit, but i couldnt use it. Or , i didnt know how it fitted all together. But since starting work all of a sudden you find yourself understanding these ideas and concpets you've never heard befor, and its because you just needed a context and someone to say that one little thing that ties together two vast seemingly unrelated subsets of info together, or youve thought of a solution to a problem that ties together the plethora of information you though was useless. I learnt java in a week from scratch, but i didnt really because i already knew most of it , i just didnt know i knew it. The hardest time i had was coping with the vast amount of objects that exist, but thats not a programming thing. We didnt do java at uni, we used pascal 1st year, then whatever the hell we wanted to (usually c). Theyre all the same anyway.... >8)
So dont fret, all that useless crap will become useful when(if) you get a job coding

MadLep · 17th October 2003, 15:21

Yep. Know all about that.
Java can be learnt real quick if you've done C++ style (or even C) languages.

But it's the hundreds (or is it thousands now?) of classes in the JDK libraries. The JDK 1.4 Api Javadoc link is the most regularly used in my favourites, and after 4 years of java work I still haven't used most of the classes.

Then you get all the extra packages and it really gets crazy. J2EE anyone?

r3x · 17th October 2003, 16:14

Hehe, i remember reading trade mags when at University and not understanding much at all. Im still grateful to my first employer for giving me a chance.

Trick is to find a job using a skill your comfortable with (in my case it was Pascal/Delphi) and in the course of that job, you will be exposed to many more technologies typically, its just the nature of the industry.

(C#, VB.NET, ASP, Javascript, VBScript, HTML, SQL, XML, Java/J2EE/JSP, Jade, Delphi).

Farmer Joe · 17th October 2003, 16:15

Yeah it's the same with Perl... I'm sure I've recoding stuff already available in modules. Sure as hell can't find it the right module most of the time though.

SID|DensitY · 17th October 2003, 18:38

?? why is HTML listed.. it isn't a programming language....

LordP · 17th October 2003, 19:25

Programming/Scripting

PHP
Perl
ASP
Coldfusion
Basic Java
Basic C/C++

Other scripting

HTML
XHTML
XML
CSS 1/2
DOM 1/2
Javascript

Operating Systems

Linux (specifically Slackware, but have used Redhat and Debian)
Windows 98-XP (most workstation, but some server stuff)

Hardware related

Generic geek upbringing, playing about with computers for many years
Networking skills pretty much along the same lines (mm, 4 player Doom )

That'll do

yaksman · 17th October 2003, 19:45

Quote:

Originally posted by SID|DensitY
?? why is HTML listed.. it isn't a programming language....

1) it's a skill
2) As easy as it is, a lot of people just don't know what to do with it
3) Advanced html (and tieing it in with CSS / JS etc) is not terribly simple

SID|DensitY · 17th October 2003, 21:57

I agree that its as skill but it isn't a programming language

the name says it all

Hyper Text Makeup Language

HEX · 17th October 2003, 22:55

Quote:

Originally posted by SID|DensitY
Hyper Text Makeup Language

Is that intentionally wrong?

Its not a programming language and I do agree with yaksman.

yaksman · 17th October 2003, 23:27

Quote:

Originally posted by SID|DensitY
I agree that its as skill but it isn't a programming language

the name says it all

Hyper Text Makeup Language

Have I missed something? Where in this thread does it say "list your languages"? Answer - no where!

MoP · 18th October 2003, 00:16

Java (J2SE), Swing/AWT
C, C++ under Linux and Windows
PHP, Smarty templates
Visual Basic
Bash Shell Scripting
HTML, XHTML, CSS 2
XML, Document Object Model
Java-script
MySQL on Linux and Windows (incl. ACID Transactions, etc)
MS Access

Linux (Red Hat 5.x through to 9.0, Debian 3.0, as desktop and server)
Windows 95 through to XP Professional Desktop
Windows NT 4 Server, 2000 Small Business Server

MS Visual Studio 6 & .NET
TogetherSoft Together 5 & 6
Borland JBuilder
Standard GNU Linux / Unix development tools
Apache web-server

AND.. I'm available for hire!

smudge · 18th October 2003, 05:24

OO Architecture
Java, server side, no client at all
C++
C
SQL
HTML/CSS

OO Architecture sounds like a wank but I think it's my biggest skill. I'm on my third project which has gone on for more than 5 years, and the structure of the code takes up far more of my time and thinking than the details of whatever language its written in.

MadLep · 18th October 2003, 12:41

Quote:

Originally posted by SID|DensitY
I agree that its as skill but it isn't a programming language

So, what's your point?
It's definitely a related skill.

mick · 21st October 2003, 09:42

php
linux
cidr routing

[reyPh] · 21st October 2003, 18:46

Programming (mostly learning and experinced in)

PHP
CFML ( did a little experince with this, can't say I know it aswell as other people here)
XSL
JSP
MYSQL
SQL

Scripting..

ActionScript (Flash)
HTML
XHTML
CSS
JavaScript

Designing:

Photoshop
3d Studio MAX
Flash
Jasper Reports (iReports)
Corel Draw (basic knowledge)

Hardware & Software Related:

Computer building
Software Support (helpdesk)
Apache (basic knowledge)
Google (hey ya gotta know how to use it right? )
Windows 9x, NT, XP
Linux (had fun in Redhat few times, looking to investigate it more!)

oh and I'd say a good 90 to 95% of that was all learned on my current job, of 3 years go me!

Farmer Joe · 21st October 2003, 19:49

Quote:

Originally posted by SID|DensitY
I agree that its as skill but it isn't a programming language

the name says it all

Hyper Text Makeup Language

You sound like you're scared of it or something. It's most definitely not a programming language, it's a markup language. Sure anyone can markup basic html (and make a complete mess of it) but there's not many skillful standards compliant, accessible, well thought out (x)html developers out there.

Jodi · 21st October 2003, 22:01

Ok, advanced skills in:

C
DirectX 9.0 (excluding HLSL)
Windows 98/95
Dos

working knowledge in:

Vanilla Java
C++ excluding STL
MMX/SSE/SSE2 and normal x86 assembler
basic Perl
HTML, CSS, VBCODE
TCP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, POP3, SMTP protocols
Quake 1,2,3. HL and other game server protocols.
Most current 3d reneder techniques

Um, yea. Not an exhaustive list, but I just listed what might be useful to other people.

Oh, when I said advanced skills in win98/95. I mean I know alot of the hacking tweaks, and fucked up bugs, and stuff like that. The only thing that ever crashed my win98se install was halflife.

whatever br0! · 30th October 2003, 22:35

VB.NET

hypnotoad · 30th October 2003, 23:07

qbasic
ms dos BATCH programming

markE · 6th November 2003, 10:27

Quote:

Originally posted by Farmer Joe
But there's not many skillful standards compliant, accessible, well thought out (x)html developers out there.

Agreed. People like me need more of them !

Sp0nge · 6th November 2003, 11:43

my skills: ALL of the above, to some degree or other...at one time or other.
add to that list fortran, modula2, knowledgeman, cobol, and youre still not even close to having half a complete list.
(and yes, they all do tend to blend into one!)

People nowdays tend to think you cant be exposed to everything...but my attitude is: why not?
I think the most important skill to have is the willingness and ability to learn whatever you need to get the job done.
you also need great communication skills, which means be straight to the point. If you dont know something: ask, even if you think its dumb.

I have worked with too many fools who waste time trying to do something the hard way, when they could have searched google and done some cut and paste (another very useful skill), and finished much quicker, so you can go back to wasting time playing around with something else.

A tip for those of you just out of uni: if you are lucky enough to have the choice of two companies, choose the smaller one.
You will learn lots more, although it might be hard at first.
later on you can move to any big company, and surf the net all day, because you can do a days work in an hour.
or go contracting from company to company and keep learning new stuff as you go.

all these skills people are listing, will be obsolete one day. so if you want to stay in the industry, you must learn new shit.

if you love coding, whatever you do, dont accept promotions which move you away from that (such as BA or management of people etc). I have seen too many good programmers get promoted to their level of incompetence and regret it later.

last piece of advice: think for yourself.
(which means you can ignore any of the above...
because I told you so)

Gijoe- · 13th November 2003, 17:00

html
php

ansi sql

asp
vbscript
ado
Sql server
win 2k

soap

wee bit o xml

some asp.net

vbasic

and I use it all to build web based applications....

Bogan · 27th November 2003, 14:56

Web applications:

PHP
ASP & Business com objects
CSS
Js/DOM

Desktop applications:

Delphi
VBscript
VBA

Other:

MS-SQL, My-SQL
XPath, XSLT, Xforms, XML Schema, DOM
Debian and Win2k admin

The above only contains technologies that I've had extensive commercial experience with. I'm a contractor in the 04 - so I'm actively seeking any work in the above fields.

10 years of programming for a hobby has given me exposure to lots and lots of other languages too.

16th October 2003, 15:31	#9
Bahamut The Lord of the Dragons	Confident In: C/C++ (Non-GUI) CSS Java (incl. AWT & Swing) Linux mIRC Scripting SOHO Networks Windows XHTML Some Experience with: Assembler (WRAMP) JavaScript Haskell MySQL PHP Tcl/Tk Unix

16th October 2003, 16:34	#11
Noodles Wireless Slacker	Coding: Confident in: Cold Fusion HTML JavaScript SQL Learning/had experience with: ASP XML PHP C/C++ Perl Misc Computer stuff: Windows Linux Networks Wireless Numerous Servers etc

16th October 2003, 19:25	#13
Rahven Nothing Else Matters	Confident in C# ASP.NET Windows Forms SQL Server ASP HTML Javascript C / C++ SQL and the other relational database stuff XML __________________ Forever shall the wolf in me desire the sheep in you.

17th October 2003, 12:10	#16
Farmer Joe Word To Your Motherboard!	PHP Perl [X]HTML CSS (inc. style based layouts) Apache MySQL XML (inc. RSS etc.) Javascript Java (ish) Cold Fusion (been awhile) Linux (noob) UI Design

17th October 2003, 16:15	#21
Farmer Joe Word To Your Motherboard!	Yeah it's the same with Perl... I'm sure I've recoding stuff already available in modules. Sure as hell can't find it the right module most of the time though. Last edited by Farmer Joe : 17th October 2003 at 16:16.

16th October 2003, 11:09	#1
yaksman	List Ya skills Hey Peeps. I've had some excellent feedback from many of the fellas and fellasses in this forum, and have even been foolish enough to have paid some of you for it! Anyhow, the point of this thread is for ya'all to list your skills if you want to offer free help and advice. (wanted paid work is kinda like advertising so that can be dealt with person to person I guess). Anyhow, if you want to list some of your skills, qualified or not, then list some here. Anyone wanting help can control+f for the skill needed and then contact each person. Feel free to make this sticky if it gets good feedback, or delete if it turns funny. Please only post ya skills!

16th October 2003, 12:22	#2
Farmer Joe Word To Your Motherboard!	While I think this is a good idea, I like the fact that people post questions and answers here so everyone can read them.

16th October 2003, 12:25	#3
yaksman	Yep that's cool, but I'm thinking of when people need work done, or will pay to have work done. This doesn't involve helping out with exerts of code. The users can draw the line anyways.

16th October 2003, 12:37	#4
MadLep	STICKIED! Sounds like a good idea. I'd agree with FJ. It is still good to keep day to day questions and answers where everyone can read them. Would be helpful for more extensive problems that are specific to one situation, or for pay though. Anyway, I'll kick it off. Java, Swing, J2EE, OO design, JSP, HTML, XML, XSLT, Oracle, MySQL, C/C++, JBoss, Orion app server (AKA Oracle 9i app server) PHP, Lotus Notes/Domino __________________ @madlep I'm not Australian, I just live there ubercharged.net - Tales of Team Fortress 2 pwnage and other hilarity Last edited by MadLep : 16th October 2003 at 12:41.

16th October 2003, 12:41	#5
yaksman	Cool. Me joins the line. Core skills I am confident with: * Html / css * php * Javascript * Java * Perl * Mysql * Oracle * nix Apache That'll do.

16th October 2003, 13:06	#6
Baal	php, perl, python, xml/xslt, linux, postgresql, mysql, oracle, html, apache

16th October 2003, 13:42	#7
samael	skills competant in : c java xsl networking skills from fucking around at home with small networks of linux/win98/XP machines, and at lan parties with up to 14 98/me/2k/xp machines, so not quite a sysadmin yet. General linux use and configuration an arseload of theory from uni that hasnt been used yet (but no doubt will be)

16th October 2003, 14:39	#8
Pimpfish	Mac OS X Filemaker Pro applescript Logical database design MySQL xml DHTML

16th October 2003, 17:31	#12
Foggerty	Delphi - LOTS of experience, just not in the areas people are used to. Report Builder - heck, reporting in general ack xBase - remember that? Some basic Linux skills The usual MS operating system/networking stuff (MCP - NT4 Core Tech.) More experience in documentation (formatting of, and some writing) than I particually care for

17th October 2003, 00:33	#14
SID\|DensitY	ok * Assembly * C/C++ * Pascal * Delphi * DirectX 9.x * Win32 hmm thats it

17th October 2003, 09:52	#15
HEX	Bread winners: ASP.NET (C#) ASP (Microsoft & Sun One) JavaScript VBScript CSS (X)HTML XML (and related) SQL (MySQL & SQL Server specificly) Other Comfortables: Windows Scripting Host Perl [edit] Can I mention that I'd currently like to win some bread? Last edited by HEX : 17th October 2003 at 09:56.

17th October 2003, 12:15	#17
Dan	This thread has made me think about how much I know. I am finishing a BSc. in computer science this year (had my last lecture this morning even, only 4 exams to go now..) and I really have no idea how good at programming I am or how confident at it I am. The only experience I have had in IT is as a network/systems administrator (mostly win2k + a bit of linux...) in a job i've had this year since feb. I get reasonable marks at uni (A- average). However, reading the lists here makes me feel like I know hardly anything. Did anyone else finishing a degree feel like this? My list: languages im really confident in: - java others im not so confident in: - c - css/html - a bit of SQL + relational db stuff - linux - networking, addressing, routing, analysis & design, unix services - win2k systems/networking admin stuff - LaTeX (by not so confident in, I mean I have only had to do a few things in each for assignments and the like. Everything i've done in them has worked, I just haven't got much experience) Last edited by Dan : 17th October 2003 at 12:23.

17th October 2003, 14:13	#18
samael	yup i felt exactly like that Dan. I knew all this shit, but i couldnt use it. Or , i didnt know how it fitted all together. But since starting work all of a sudden you find yourself understanding these ideas and concpets you've never heard befor, and its because you just needed a context and someone to say that one little thing that ties together two vast seemingly unrelated subsets of info together, or youve thought of a solution to a problem that ties together the plethora of information you though was useless. I learnt java in a week from scratch, but i didnt really because i already knew most of it , i just didnt know i knew it. The hardest time i had was coping with the vast amount of objects that exist, but thats not a programming thing. We didnt do java at uni, we used pascal 1st year, then whatever the hell we wanted to (usually c). Theyre all the same anyway.... >8) So dont fret, all that useless crap will become useful when(if) you get a job coding

17th October 2003, 15:21	#19
MadLep	Yep. Know all about that. Java can be learnt real quick if you've done C++ style (or even C) languages. But it's the hundreds (or is it thousands now?) of classes in the JDK libraries. The JDK 1.4 Api Javadoc link is the most regularly used in my favourites, and after 4 years of java work I still haven't used most of the classes. Then you get all the extra packages and it really gets crazy. J2EE anyone?

17th October 2003, 16:14	#20
r3x	Hehe, i remember reading trade mags when at University and not understanding much at all. Im still grateful to my first employer for giving me a chance. Trick is to find a job using a skill your comfortable with (in my case it was Pascal/Delphi) and in the course of that job, you will be exposed to many more technologies typically, its just the nature of the industry. (C#, VB.NET, ASP, Javascript, VBScript, HTML, SQL, XML, Java/J2EE/JSP, Jade, Delphi).

17th October 2003, 18:38	#22
SID\|DensitY	?? why is HTML listed.. it isn't a programming language....

17th October 2003, 19:25	#23
LordP	Programming/Scripting PHP Perl ASP Coldfusion Basic Java Basic C/C++ Other scripting HTML XHTML XML CSS 1/2 DOM 1/2 Javascript Operating Systems Linux (specifically Slackware, but have used Redhat and Debian) Windows 98-XP (most workstation, but some server stuff) Hardware related Generic geek upbringing, playing about with computers for many years Networking skills pretty much along the same lines (mm, 4 player Doom ) That'll do

17th October 2003, 21:57	#25
SID\|DensitY	I agree that its as skill but it isn't a programming language the name says it all Hyper Text Makeup Language

18th October 2003, 00:16	#28
MoP	Java (J2SE), Swing/AWT C, C++ under Linux and Windows PHP, Smarty templates Visual Basic Bash Shell Scripting HTML, XHTML, CSS 2 XML, Document Object Model Java-script MySQL on Linux and Windows (incl. ACID Transactions, etc) MS Access Linux (Red Hat 5.x through to 9.0, Debian 3.0, as desktop and server) Windows 95 through to XP Professional Desktop Windows NT 4 Server, 2000 Small Business Server MS Visual Studio 6 & .NET TogetherSoft Together 5 & 6 Borland JBuilder Standard GNU Linux / Unix development tools Apache web-server AND.. I'm available for hire!

18th October 2003, 05:24	#29
smudge Ich Bin Ein Grey Lynner	OO Architecture Java, server side, no client at all C++ C SQL HTML/CSS OO Architecture sounds like a wank but I think it's my biggest skill. I'm on my third project which has gone on for more than 5 years, and the structure of the code takes up far more of my time and thinking than the details of whatever language its written in. Last edited by smudge : 18th October 2003 at 05:26.

21st October 2003, 18:46	#32
[reyPh]	Programming (mostly learning and experinced in) PHP CFML ( did a little experince with this, can't say I know it aswell as other people here) XSL JSP MYSQL SQL Scripting.. ActionScript (Flash) HTML XHTML CSS JavaScript Designing: Photoshop 3d Studio MAX Flash Jasper Reports (iReports) Corel Draw (basic knowledge) Hardware & Software Related: Computer building Software Support (helpdesk) Apache (basic knowledge) Google (hey ya gotta know how to use it right? ) Windows 9x, NT, XP Linux (had fun in Redhat few times, looking to investigate it more!) oh and I'd say a good 90 to 95% of that was all learned on my current job, of 3 years go me! Last edited by [reyPh] : 21st October 2003 at 18:49.

21st October 2003, 22:01	#34
Jodi	A Bit Different Ok, advanced skills in: C DirectX 9.0 (excluding HLSL) Windows 98/95 Dos working knowledge in: Vanilla Java C++ excluding STL MMX/SSE/SSE2 and normal x86 assembler basic Perl HTML, CSS, VBCODE TCP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, POP3, SMTP protocols Quake 1,2,3. HL and other game server protocols. Most current 3d reneder techniques Um, yea. Not an exhaustive list, but I just listed what might be useful to other people. Oh, when I said advanced skills in win98/95. I mean I know alot of the hacking tweaks, and fucked up bugs, and stuff like that. The only thing that ever crashed my win98se install was halflife. __________________ "I distinctly remember leaving my God at home in my room where he won't interfere with my life." -Quan Zee Teng Last edited by Jodi : 21st October 2003 at 22:05.

30th October 2003, 23:07	#36
hypnotoad	qbasic ms dos BATCH programming

6th November 2003, 11:43	#38
Sp0nge	my skills: ALL of the above, to some degree or other...at one time or other. add to that list fortran, modula2, knowledgeman, cobol, and youre still not even close to having half a complete list. (and yes, they all do tend to blend into one!) People nowdays tend to think you cant be exposed to everything...but my attitude is: why not? I think the most important skill to have is the willingness and ability to learn whatever you need to get the job done. you also need great communication skills, which means be straight to the point. If you dont know something: ask, even if you think its dumb. I have worked with too many fools who waste time trying to do something the hard way, when they could have searched google and done some cut and paste (another very useful skill), and finished much quicker, so you can go back to wasting time playing around with something else. A tip for those of you just out of uni: if you are lucky enough to have the choice of two companies, choose the smaller one. You will learn lots more, although it might be hard at first. later on you can move to any big company, and surf the net all day, because you can do a days work in an hour. or go contracting from company to company and keep learning new stuff as you go. all these skills people are listing, will be obsolete one day. so if you want to stay in the industry, you must learn new shit. if you love coding, whatever you do, dont accept promotions which move you away from that (such as BA or management of people etc). I have seen too many good programmers get promoted to their level of incompetence and regret it later. last piece of advice: think for yourself. (which means you can ignore any of the above... because I told you so)

13th November 2003, 17:00	#39
Gijoe-	Stats html php ansi sql asp vbscript ado Sql server win 2k soap wee bit o xml some asp.net vbasic and I use it all to build web based applications....

27th November 2003, 14:56	#40
Bogan	Web applications: PHP ASP & Business com objects CSS Js/DOM Desktop applications: Delphi VBscript VBA Other: MS-SQL, My-SQL XPath, XSLT, Xforms, XML Schema, DOM Debian and Win2k admin The above only contains technologies that I've had extensive commercial experience with. I'm a contractor in the 04 - so I'm actively seeking any work in the above fields. 10 years of programming for a hobby has given me exposure to lots and lots of other languages too.