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Old Nov 14th, 2007, 12:00 AM   #10
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Re: Software Engineering – Most Overrated Career?

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Originally Posted by exor_one
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The only reply I can think of without seeming like too much of an ass, is that you keep mentioning programming but never development, except in quotes. Maybe that's your problem, as the two are in fact different.

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It's a job. We all have to start some were. You wont start straight away at mircosoft for example (unless you are a genius).
Can I take that as a compliment? Rather, to correct it (since I'm quite far from being a genius), you won't start very far up at Microsoft, but they take a lot of new grads. Think of it as investing in the future... if you survive...

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I am a programming student. I am not doing it for the money or the status. I am doing it because I am good at it (well, everyone has limits of course). And I can also tolerate it. I am expecting to end up starting in a stupid job in a firm like technical documentation or dealing with bugs.
On the other hand, don't go looking for a job like that or you'll likely end up with one. Depending on the location where you search for a job (and don't limit yourself), you can get an interesting position right out of school.

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Maybe you should look at construction.
I did that in high school, so now I'm developing software. Put things in perspective a bit, it did. I'm certainly much happier now
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