Another thing to consider is what kind of database you're going to be querying. Although SQL is SQL, things can change whether you're using a SQL Server database or an Oracle one. We use both at my current client.
Both of you feel free to ask me any database-related questions. I'm not a certified DBA or anything, but I do a lot of database work, especially SQL Server related.
Ours is a SQL Server db. I've monkied around in SQL Management Studio 2008 and know how to do a couple things, but complex joins and updates and stuff are where I'm wanting to learn more about. Mostly so I can learn to use things like SQL Server Reporting Services and Crystal Reports to come up with some useful BI reporting and whatnot, which isn't immediately DB related, but I figure if I can get down the basics of coming up with sensible queries the reporting part will be easier.
I am a SQL Server Reporting Services ... well maybe not expert, but I have done a ton of stuff with it, if you have questions about that as well.
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
So, my new employer are paying for me to go on a Magento training course. In Brussels.
Score!
Nice dude - I'm hoping I can get my Magento certification soon now that our company has slowed down on the consulting work and I have a bit more time. Of course, since we're doing less consulting it's not really as necessary, but it would still be nice to have, especially if I end up having to look for a job in Canada eventually.
Ours is a SQL Server db. I've monkied around in SQL Management Studio 2008 and know how to do a couple things, but complex joins and updates and stuff are where I'm wanting to learn more about. Mostly so I can learn to use things like SQL Server Reporting Services and Crystal Reports to come up with some useful BI reporting and whatnot, which isn't immediately DB related, but I figure if I can get down the basics of coming up with sensible queries the reporting part will be easier.
Hey, that's what I do! Crystal, Cognos, SQL, BI blah blah blah blah blah blah.
So, my new employer are paying for me to go on a Magento training course. In Brussels.
Score!
Nice dude - I'm hoping I can get my Magento certification soon now that our company has slowed down on the consulting work and I have a bit more time. Of course, since we're doing less consulting it's not really as necessary, but it would still be nice to have, especially if I end up having to look for a job in Canada eventually.
oh snap
place I just interviewed with uses magento!
So, my new employer are paying for me to go on a Magento training course. In Brussels.
Score!
Nice dude - I'm hoping I can get my Magento certification soon now that our company has slowed down on the consulting work and I have a bit more time. Of course, since we're doing less consulting it's not really as necessary, but it would still be nice to have, especially if I end up having to look for a job in Canada eventually.
oh snap
place I just interviewed with uses magento!
It's the fastest growing eCommerce platform at the moment, and has been our bread and butter the past few years - dealing with clients is a headache though so we're going to start focusing on the stores that we run and trying to grow them, which will be a nice change. It will be good to put my expertise to use on something that will actually grow the company and bring in some regular money.
Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
edited February 2012
So camp is officially done.
Today we took the kids to the Museum of Flight and things got serious. Several kids had mental breakdowns, a couple others soiled themselves. One girl vomited all over herself and than tried to hug people (resulting in one counseling running to the bathroom to vomit themselves). Two of the teenagers snuck off to make-out. And to top it all off one kid went into the bathroom, took a shit and than used his shirt as toilet paper (resulting in a male counselor having to donate their shirt to the child).
Tonight I am going to get hammered watching Jurassic Park than play the Jurassic Park video game as drunk as possible.
Zonugal, please tell me you and the people you work with are making some serious money?
'cause man, those sound like some awful working conditions.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I pull in $14.50 an hour and get around 35 hours a week.
But this isn't my typical work week, this is our special camp for when the schools are out for breaks.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
But this week has been my Vietnam.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
@Fyndir, you are pretty right about our working conditions being awful.
During my typical work at schools and such I am technically not allowed/provided a break or lunch for the entire 7-9 hours I work because I am "on-call."
I pull in $14.50 an hour and get around 35 hours a week.
But this isn't my typical work week, this is our special camp for when the schools are out for breaks.
I guess it's more than you'd get flipping burgers or something, but I dunno if I could keep it up with that kind of stuff.
More power to you if you can power through the harder times of the job to do something really special and worthwhile for those kids though.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Ahaha yeah.
I'm going to tell my boss next time we do a camp that I'm not doing it, I just can't do it.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
Easily the worst part of the job is how bitter and hateful you get towards special needs children. I mean it isn't their fault, but the attrition eventually wears you down.
And you just want to beat them.
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Garlic Breadi'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm aRegistered User, Disagreeableregular
Easily the worst part of the job is how bitter and hateful you get towards special needs children. I mean it isn't their fault, but the attrition eventually wears you down.
Then again I've only ever worked in business apps and high level stuff, maybe there's some use in low level hardware/device driver programming or something?
Then again I've only ever worked in business apps and high level stuff, maybe there's some use in low level hardware/device driver programming or something?
Now I'm actually curious
No, because at level you wouldn't be using C++ anyway.
Edit: to clarify I'm a C guy so I had to look up what this "reinterpret_cast" crap is.
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Nice dude - I'm hoping I can get my Magento certification soon now that our company has slowed down on the consulting work and I have a bit more time. Of course, since we're doing less consulting it's not really as necessary, but it would still be nice to have, especially if I end up having to look for a job in Canada eventually.
Hey, that's what I do! Crystal, Cognos, SQL, BI blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Feel free to ping me for questions too!
Should hear back later today or Monday.
oh snap
place I just interviewed with uses magento!
Seems like most jobs I'm looking at in the bay area are all about this now.
It's the fastest growing eCommerce platform at the moment, and has been our bread and butter the past few years - dealing with clients is a headache though so we're going to start focusing on the stores that we run and trying to grow them, which will be a nice change. It will be good to put my expertise to use on something that will actually grow the company and bring in some regular money.
Today we took the kids to the Museum of Flight and things got serious. Several kids had mental breakdowns, a couple others soiled themselves. One girl vomited all over herself and than tried to hug people (resulting in one counseling running to the bathroom to vomit themselves). Two of the teenagers snuck off to make-out. And to top it all off one kid went into the bathroom, took a shit and than used his shirt as toilet paper (resulting in a male counselor having to donate their shirt to the child).
Tonight I am going to get hammered watching Jurassic Park than play the Jurassic Park video game as drunk as possible.
'cause man, those sound like some awful working conditions.
But this isn't my typical work week, this is our special camp for when the schools are out for breaks.
During my typical work at schools and such I am technically not allowed/provided a break or lunch for the entire 7-9 hours I work because I am "on-call."
Yeah...
I guess it's more than you'd get flipping burgers or something, but I dunno if I could keep it up with that kind of stuff.
More power to you if you can power through the harder times of the job to do something really special and worthwhile for those kids though.
I'm going to tell my boss next time we do a camp that I'm not doing it, I just can't do it.
And you just want to beat them.
kill me
beat them
pointing and laughing
I hear that's what happened to Stale.
Now I'm actually curious
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Stale can't die, he's too rare! it's right there, man
actually that was my joke...
you see reinterpret_cast is generally used to convert pointers.......
"pointing and laughing?" get it??
aaaaaaaaaand I'm that guy
fuck
deal
can i go home now
No, because at level you wouldn't be using C++ anyway.
Edit: to clarify I'm a C guy so I had to look up what this "reinterpret_cast" crap is.
good, now i have all the excuse I need to ream whoever wrote this when I find him
(48 hours later, I come to work with a limp)