[Tutor] Real world experience

[Danny Yoo]

>> I have never known anyone that works in this industry.

Just as a side comment: there are probably several folks on this
mailing list whose job description would match "working in industry".


> You could be expected to work as pat of a team - anything from 4 to 400
> other developers. That will involve following standardized practices, using
> standard notations and naming conventions and so on.

Seconded.  Being able to work well with others is one of the biggest
skills of the professional programmer.  It's a matter of exposure and
practice.  That programming doesn't have to be a solitary thing needs
to be strongly emphasized, because the media likes to exaggerate,
especially for the sake of a sexy story: it seems really enamored to
portray programming as some lone, antisocial activity.  In industry,
you work with other people: if the problems are small, they still
involve interacting with others.

Mailing lists like this one are one way to get some social interaction
and experience.  Programmer user groups are also a valuable way to get
in contact with experienced folks.  If you have an organization
nearby, like Hacker Dojo, you may want to look into those kinds of
things.

    http://www.hackerdojo.com/About

I don't know where you're geographically located, but if you are close
to Hacker Dojo, they're good people.