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Which of These Computer Jobs Would You Want the Most?

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Which of These Computer Jobs Would You Want the Most?

  • Software Engineer

  • Database Administrator

  • Web Developer

  • Video Game Programmer

  • Other

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Developer jobs aren't for everyone. Most of the time, it's a job that's not mechanized and thus requires you to think quite often. If you like it then it's the best job there is, if you don't... well, not so much.
 
Stuck between web developer and game developer. I think both would be equally as fun. Game is harder than web, but is more rewarding, while web is probably a bit more laid back.
 
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Video game development pays less than other software development jobs, has much longer hours, and less job security. Studios regularly staff up at the start of a project then lay off people when the title ships. That's assuming an independent studio doesn't go bankrupt or a publisher-owned studio isn't shuttered to improve the corporate balance sheet.

Also, working on the development of a game like Fallout New Vegas would have been cool, but then you'd never get to enjoy it as a player. You'd be thoroughly sick of it from going over sections again and again during the development process.

So I'll stick with my current software development job.
 
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Relational databases are a waning technology. The role of a DBA is going to be greatly minimized over the next 10 years. Not a field to get into, IMO.

General software developers can write their own ticket.
 
dwell said:
Relational databases are a waning technology. The role of a DBA is going to be greatly minimized over the next 10 years. Not a field to get into, IMO.

General software developers can write their own ticket.
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Sadly, I agree it is a dying field as things head SaaS. Get it?
 
DaveSimmons said:
Video game development pays less than other software development jobs, has much longer hours, and less job security. Studios regularly staff up at the start of a project then lay off people when the title ships. That's assuming an independent studio doesn't go bankrupt or a publisher-owned studio isn't shuttered to improve the corporate balance sheet.

Also, working on the development of a game like Fallout New Vegas would have been cool, but then you'd never get to enjoy it as a player. You'd be thoroughly sick of it from going over sections again and again during the development process.

So I'll stick with my current software development job.
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Rage187 said:
Sadly, I agree it is a dying field as things head SaaS. Get it?
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Correct and correct! Game development is a job for the young - unstable, long hours and rather unrewarding (monetarily). And DBAs are needed less and less lately.
 
Lets not kid ourselves. Most of those jobs are low stress compared to most other jobs. All of my friends in IT work a few hours total a day and slack off on the internet or other entertainment cleverly disguised as work.
 
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SamurAchzar said:
Please explain me the difference, I might have been misled for over a decade.
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A software engineer architects/designs the system, selects the technologies to be used, and coordinates aspects and responsibilities of the team. If you're coding the actual implementation, you're a software programmer, not a software engineer. That's not to say a software engineer is absolved from writing code, but if writing code is the core of your job, then yes, you've been misled.
 
Rubycon said:
I hate computers so none of the above but if I had to pick a computer job it would probably be the person in the Asus RMA department that has the big sledgehammer that fixes the boards before returning them to customers! :biggrin:

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You hate computers?! But the pic you posted of your rig some time back was one of the more killer setups I've seen in some time. Definitely didn't look like the rig of someone who "hates computers". :colbert:
 
Locut0s said:
You hate computers?! But the pic you posted of your rig some time back was one of the more killer setups I've seen in some time. Definitely didn't look like the rig of someone who "hates computers". :colbert:
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Well there has been over $50k invested in a system that I've only seen a few pics of and every time I get promised delivery it gets postponed due a problem or failed compliance, etc.

Yes I do hate computers. They generally tend to make people lazy and forgetful but that's another discussion on its own. 😉
 
Rubycon said:
Well there has been over $50k invested in a system that I've only seen a few pics of and every time I get promised delivery it gets postponed due a problem or failed compliance, etc.

Yes I do hate computers. They generally tend to make people lazy and forgetful but that's another discussion on its own. 😉
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$50k!!? I was talking about your own personal system you posted pics of. 😛
 
I voted DBA, I was surprised to see the DBA got the most votes too... lol, I feel its the coolest most tension-less job. I see the DBAs around having most fun.
 
Rubycon said:
That's its predecessor for crunching and AI based on Tesla. Water cooled with SOLA approval. It's costly.
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I'm confused now. ^_^

Was that / and the replacement you are talking about now a work computer, personal computer, or both? And is this paid for by your company?
 
Locut0s said:
I'm confused now. ^_^

Was that / and the replacement you are talking about now a work computer, personal computer, or both? And is this paid for by your company?
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I use it at work for work and for personal use as well. It's mine so I have to pay for it but I don't pay for electricity it uses. :biggrin:
 
Rubycon said:
I use it at work for work and for personal use as well. It's mine so I have to pay for it but I don't pay for electricity it uses. :biggrin:
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You will have a $50k work/personal machine you paid for! 😱 Sweet! And I mean that, not being judgmental here. And yes not having to pay the electric bill on a machine of that calibre is actually a big deal. Got some specs I can take a look at? What type of number crunching will you be doing with it?
 
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