Is your job so easy a 12 year old could do it?

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NorthWestPerm2Contr replied

29 August 2012, 13:41
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

My job mostly involves being shouted at by traders and putting up with a horrific commute.

I reckon 12 year olds would fail on both counts.

So not much real work getting done then?
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doodab replied

29 August 2012, 13:23
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

He's certainly got the language skills to fit into a modern IT development team

While you may think this is a bobism it actually originates in scientific computing where it's quite common to refer to programs as "codes"

Originally posted by CEO of NAG Group

Very few codes scale to thousands of processors today or are being aimed at this level of scalability. If current development timeframes continue, the majority of ISV codes will not be able to take full advantage of petascale systems until three to five years after they are introduced.”

Are You Ready For Multi-Multi-Core Systems? | Numerical Algorithms Group
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BrilloPad replied

29 August 2012, 12:00
My job mostly involves being shouted at by traders and putting up with a horrific commute.

I reckon 12 year olds would fail on both counts.
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TestMangler replied

29 August 2012, 12:00
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

He's certainly got the language skills to fit into a modern IT development team

Originally posted by nomadd View Post

What, English?

He's finished before he's even started...

Poor kid.

Whooooosh
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nomadd replied

29 August 2012, 11:57
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

He's certainly got the language skills to fit into a modern IT development team

What, English?

He's finished before he's even started...

Poor kid.
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Spacecadet replied

29 August 2012, 11:55
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

be honest...

Twelve-Year-Old Programmers Help Fuel IPhone Game Frenzy: Tech - Bloomberg

“I really want to be a computer programmer and build my own codes for a living,”

He's certainly got the language skills to fit into a modern IT development team
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NorthWestPerm2Contr replied

29 August 2012, 11:43
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

be honest...

Twelve-Year-Old Programmers Help Fuel IPhone Game Frenzy: Tech - Bloomberg

If he had started my job at the age of 6 and already have achieved an A level in Maths, then yes.
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BlasterBates started a topic Is your job so easy a 12 year old could do it?

29 August 2012, 10:45
Is your job so easy a 12 year old could do it?

be honest...

Twelve-Year-Old Programmers Help Fuel IPhone Game Frenzy: Tech - Bloomberg
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