nege's Journal: YAY PHP

Today I am goin over to Tom and Dwights to do some programming for castersguild. Even though my main function for them is project management (blah) they are committed to teaching me how to program and we are starting with PHP since they do so much db stuff. (I also have been learing a lot of Postgres which is awesome too). So far I like PHP, its pretty simple really and the syntax is straightforward. I like that you can just code all in the html file and it seems to me more or less a programming extension of html.

The thing that scares me about programming I think is the whole "you are doing it wrong" attitude that most programmers I have met seem to have (except for castersguild I mean). It is hard to get shot down for your work when you are just starting out, even though you ackowldge that you may not be doing it the right way to start. I have found major kinds of tech people: those who understand and try to help you, and those who just assume you are an idiot because you dont inherently know Java. I spose some people are born knowing it?

Java ?

[jvervloet]

I have found major kinds of tech people: those who understand and try to help you, and those who just assume you are an idiot because you dont inherently know Java. I spose some people are born knowing it?

I've been in a programming team [uia.ac.be] for about 5 years now, without knowing anything about Java. So I guess I'm a lucky person. :-)

Re:Java ?

[nege]

Yes you are!! My friends at castersguild are very supportive, but I have met many tech people who are not supportive in general.