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Being a Programmer or Developer :
survival ??
Information Technology field is on decline?? 
Sometime ago a elderly tutor(Not connected to IT
field) said to us(me and my friends) that some time
from now there will be a lapse in jobs generated
from IT(Information Technology) field.Well I don’t
want to disclose the name here. But my first reaction
was of owe!! Well I kind of took it a bit seriously for
few days thinking that oh I have wasted a whole lot
of bucks aka Money on learning all those program-
ming stuff. Well just fews days ago I thought over
it again and found out that it is crap that
IT(Information Technology) field  will show a lapse
in generation of new jobs. 
And I did some of the research on what could be
possibilities of IT field in coming decade or so. 
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joliprint
 So what it means being a programmer or what ef-
 forts should one make to be a good programmer. 
My first target field was Electronics , Bio-Chemistry,
Physics Plus Nanotechnology. All these fields are
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on rise and more sophisticated electronics means
use of more efficient coding or programming for
these languages. 
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I am currently learning electronics Embedded pro-
gramming as college (university syllabus). 
Same is the case with Bio-chemistry(Informatics)
which include  automate biological data analysis
and develop algorithms or workflows, and how to
manage vast amounts of data using database tech-
nologies. Thus given the rise of new technological
advancement gives rise to need of good program-
mers and developer who will know basics of these
different fields and help the specialist in IT Deve-
lopment. 
We can say similar thing about Nanotechnology
aka  Nano-programming(Programming of  nano-
materials). 
My research says that many countries like India
,China, many Asian countries and African countries
still lack behind need good amount of IT penetration.
IT penetration is on speed rise in both India and
china. 
http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2010_09_30_ICT_
Penetration_In_India.html 
And so is the need for programmers and developers
going to rise. And rise above all fields. You think it
yourself, take example of any field and see that it
has specialised IT support staff(Database, Web
based, SEO, Mobile etc.)   
And as this fields grow so will the need of developers
rise.Many people just try to enter the bandwagon
just when there is high demand but very few survive.
Well it depends on how you have prepared yourself.

starting out as a programmer-Application or Mobile
or Web developer. 
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reference c++:http://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/c-
plus-plus/basic-concepts-of-oops-and-structure-of-
c-program.html. 


2) Practice: Practicing what you learn is most im-
portant and one cannot achieve goal of being a good
programmer without practicing. Always remember
that «practice makes man perfect. « 


3) Learn to share : Sharing is the most important
aspect of programmers. If you find some new thing
 share it with friends and fellow programmers may
 be you will learn something from them. check out
 the online forums and be interactive, the techies
1)Learn the basics properly: Get your OOP (Object out on internet forums do help you out. Don’t be
oriented Programming )concepts right.  shy to ask even the most basic help. Because even
It is best to learn from someone who is a program- the best Programmer was a newbie like you once.
mer . You can refer to books and websites.  
reference Java :http://download.oracle.com/javase/ 
tutorial/java/concepts/  
4)Do not give up: This is one of must important qua-
lity of a developer. When you make programs you
might make mistakes that does not mean you have
to give up that part of code.Always remember even
GOD can mistakes. Try to improve. As one of my
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friend Quaid says : Programmers do not live on

warnings they live on errors» ,ask help if you don’t
find solution. 


5)Must learn: XML, HTML, JavaScript or any other
scripting language, Ajax, SQL. This are the few basic
things. 
And according to field you chose learn things of
that field. 
joliprint


reference C# :http://www.cs.aau.dk/~normark/oop-
09/html/notes/theme-index.html 
    http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/eeca-
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bral/oopsand.net211102005075520am/oopsand.
net2.aspx 


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6)Track: After learning Basics and terminologies ,
choose just one platform. Programming languages
are in vast numbers, Java, c#, C++, perl, PHP, ruby
etc I know I dint write all names.. Even if we give
lifetime of say 100 years we wont be able to learn
all technologies. Just try to stick with one platform
of YOUR choice , the one which YOU are comfor-
table.  
Following this helps in long survival in field of Com-
puters. 
One thing you should know that Programming is
about working in your comfort zone. And this I
have learned through my own learning expe-
rience. 
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Well I am not finished yet... I will continue on what

resources you should use for maximum producti-
vity. If you want to contribute get in touch with me.
joliprint
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