On 04/23/2016 09:41 PM, Christopher Reimer wrote: > I never wanted to learn Java in the first place. My community college > couldn't afford to renew the Microsoft site license, which local > employers required to learn C/C++ in MS Visual Studio, and all flavors > of Java got taught for the programming classes instead. I wanted to > learn C/C++. I even wanted to learn assembly language, but I was the > only student who showed up for the class and it got cancelled. > > Of course, it probably doesn't help that I got a job in help desk > support after I graduated with A.S. degree in Java and never programmed > professionally. Thinking like a programmer helped me resolved many IT > problems over the last 12 years. My current job in computer security > requires tinkering with PowerShell scripts as Python is strictly > prohibited in this Windows shop. I have made Python my main programming > language at home.
I don't mean to imply that I'm criticizing you for your Java experience! I am critical of Java, though. I'm very glad you've discovered Python and I hope you'll continue to have fun with it. I hope you'll take the advice offered by the others on this thread in stride and hopefully we'll all learn and benefit. I completely agree with you that learning to think like a programmer is so helpful in solving all kinds of problems, especially in IT! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
