[Tutor] Real world experience

[Tim Krupinski]

Probably off-topic for the list but i'll let some of the others weigh in on
that.  This is more for help with the python language itself.

But i'll weigh in.  Programming is difficult work.  It's definitely a
profitable career.  Its hard to say how much you'll make since it varies
depending on location, but in general a combination of experience and your
ability to solve difficult problems and provide solutions consistently
command higher salaries.  However, many companies wont even consider you
without a degree, or *a significant *contribution to the industry.

If you want to pursue a career in IT, you need to finish high school.  You
would be wise to get a degree.

My $0.02.

Tim


On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:12 PM, C Smith <illusiontechniques at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have never known anyone that works in this industry. I got one job
> transforming xml (should have used xslt, ended up using sed and python
> regex scripts) where the guy asked me how much I wanted and I threw
> 200 bucks out there because I could get a room for two weeks at that
> cost. He just laughed and handed me the money. That is the only
> professional experience I have and no formal education whatsoever
> (some high school). I have been doing online stuff and hit a wall in a
> 'design of computer programs' class on udacity. I made it about
> halfway through but started back at square one to sharpen my skills
> before trying to come at it again from a different angle. I started to
> feel overwhelmed when trying to basically recode regex (functions for
> '*' and '.' for instance) in python and make an api to interact easily
> with the text parser.
>
> I am still completely in the dark about what level of difficulty I
> would be facing in the professional world.
> If this is difficult at all for me, is there hope to think about
> making money in this field?
> I am pretty persistent and can keep up a level of work if I am not
> even close yet, but I don't know if I am a year off or 10 years off.
> Are basic scripting skills employable at even a very low rate (10
> bucks an hour)?
> What level of experience are the people at who make 100k a year?
> Sorry if this is off-topic for the list, but I am trying to get past a
> psychological hurdle or two before reapplying myself and hopefully it
> would be valuable to others as well.
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