Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> tomuk07 wrote:
> > I can program. I spend 5 years in College learning Programming from
> > languages Pascal to Visual Basic. I'm really interested in OOP though.
> >
> > I've tried Java and C++ but lack the experience of working on a commercial
> > project, and no one wants to employ a unexperienced guy, Catch 22 (Can't
> > get a job without experience, cant get experience without a job).
>
> Hmm, I am not sure there is a way to put this nicely: If you make statements
> like  you made in this thread in a job interview, nobody who knows anything
> about programming will hire you. Further, if you were really taught more
> than one programming language of the same type, your education, well ... you
> should have learned about algorithm theory, logic, mathematics, computer
> architecture and various other topics at least 90% of your education.
> Programming is not something that should have been a focus of your education
> at all - it is something you will have learned as a "by the way" kind of
> thing after the first year of study, and mostly on your own as a
> prerequisite in advanced courses. If you did not, unfortunately you have a
> very small chance to get a good job currently.
>
>  Thorsten

Okay, I did do some of that.
I started my computing education around 2001 doing C&G Intermediate IT.
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Web Page Design,Databases, and #Visual Basic#
After that I did Access Computing which consisted of Business Solutions,
Business Organisations, Comms and Technology, and #Programming (Pascal)#

In 2002 I started a HND in Computing which taught me loads,
including : Visual Programming, User Interface Design and Introduction to
Programming. Which was all done in Visual Basic 6. To see the full specs of
the couse, which is now replaced FDSC Computing, goto :
http://www.edexcel.org.uk/VirtualContent/76031/HNC_Computing__Info_Systems__structure.pdf

Before 2000 i was at college going nowhere, because supported me with my
disabilty, which you probably don't want to hear about.

Tom

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