How to become a better programmer

Re:How to become a better programmer by travers on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @08:13PM (#553671)

So what if you are the only person in your location? I live in one state and all of our developers are in another.

Right now I do reporting (sql, vbscript and perl). I want to get in to database administration and C#. I am starting on my own, but there is nobody here to consult with or learn from. Am I lost?

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Re:How to become a better programmer by madhan on Friday April 10, 2009 @04:18PM (#556724)

I think the fact that you are motivated to learn by yourself counts a bit. If you have passion, you can make up for other stuff.

The other way is maybe to get into open source dev. You will interact with a lot of folks.

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Re:How to become a better programmer by madhan on Friday April 10, 2009 @04:19PM (#556725)

Also, physical location doesn't matter that much. See if you can hold code reviews, look at other people's code, talk to other respected developers in your team. That will help.

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