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Originally Posted by Gammat  *This may look like a lot to read but what i am basically saying is that i started working hard for the money and then it became about bettering oneself*
I was working as a programmer for a Multimedia company during the start of this year. It was my first real job and i found the learning curve in trying to understand someone else's code and trying to communicate with my project manager quite steep. I started of as a very amateur programmer and i had a lot to learn very quickly, and a lot to prove. What motivated me was the money but also the satisfaction of competition, i wanted to be the best programmer in the company. I spent weekends working and stayed late nights trying to understand code and changing it to something different. The company recognised me as a valuable resource after many mistakes and dissappointment at my lack of programing knowledge, when i succesfully completed a whole module of work within 2 days that would normaly take a long time to do 
*I realise this doesnt answer your predicament but i didnt want to erase all of what ive just written.* |
This applies to me. I'm currently looking for my first job in programming. Most likely I will find myself at a place where I have a lot to learn before I'm an asset and not a burden.
There's a lot I want to know about this situation. How do you convince the interviewer you're worth investing in? How do you deal with everything once you get the job?
Yeah, this is quite off topic... Sorry.