Steven Melville wrote:
The only real 'traditional C' jobs I have seen recently are those working in embedded systems, but that field is a closed shop. If you haven't done embedded before then they won't even interview you.
Steven Melville wrote:
Wrt C those skills indicators are misleading imo. They auto-compile the data from job ads, but if you search for 'C' jobs you'll find nothing. Annoyingly the MS community refer to C# as 'C' so they'll advertise C# vacancies as 'C Programmer'. Similarly C/C++ vacancies often appear in headings as 'C' vacancies then in the description as C/C++ then in the essential skills as C++. And Objective C, which again is not the same as C but gets lumped in with the C job stats.
Henry Wong wrote:Don't know about your location, but over here (New York City, United States), the C language is still very common in finance.
Henry Wong wrote:IMO, C# jobs are advertised as .NET jobs. And Objective C jobs are advertised as IOS jobs. Any headhunter that lumps C# or Objective C with C is really not a very good one.
We are looking for a C developer who can join a team investigating, maintaining and performance enhancing a suite of library’s and middleware application code used throughout the bank.
We are looking for a C++ developer who can join a team investigating, maintaining and performance enhancing a suite of library’s and middleware application code used throughout the bank.
Guillermo Ishi wrote:If you don't know part of the answer to a question, say I don't have that at my fingertips, but I've dealt with it before Also, with all the interview questions you've been subjected to, look up all the answers after you get back home, and next interview subtly change the question to something you know, and demonstrate how much you know about that thing Be sure to research the co. you're interviewing for and spin your technical answers toward how it might benefit the co. All kinds of conniving stuff you can do. Since you got the interview you're 90% there. I don't get the interview, myself.
Steven Melville wrote:
So a lot of those stats that say C is a desirable skill are reflecting erroneous search results I'm afraid.
Steven Melville wrote:Maybe it is a buyers market, maybe there are a lot of candidates looking for work but employers I've visited have been in no mood for compromise.
If I am to get a role in Java development I need to improve my technical score. One way is by increasing my daily exposure to coding. Maybe I should try java certification. Anyone recommend any online certification courses with practicals? I don't mind paying a modest fee but not in the hundreds.
Guillermo Ishi wrote:
I think it definitely is a buyer's market and the market is world-wide, nothing like when we started.
Guillermo Ishi wrote:
For Java certification, there's a subforum on this site OCAJP7/8 and look there. Moderator Roel is tops with the testing advice! But it is a very tricky test. It might be easier to bring your C++ to a usable level than pass the cert. test. Having said that the only reason I'm interested in Java certification is there is a big demand for it, supposedly. I'm not sure I'd enjoy doing the things I'd end up using it for.
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
Regards Pete
What is wrong with the videos being old? Go for quality of teaching over newness any day.Peter Rooke wrote:. . . Note these are a bit old, but . . .