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What technical skills do you have?

Discussion in 'Technical, security and bug reports' started by Lykke TheNun, Dec 14, 2009.

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  1. Dec 14, 2009 #1
    Lykke TheNun

    Lykke TheNun In Loot We Trust

    Being a part of this community for years made me realize, that we have some quite skilled people among us! Sometimes when you have a problem with something (or talk about something game wise) you find out that the next person is actually an uber skilled programmer or something else ...

    I only know basic HTML/CSS and can work a little around websites and forums like this (I'm a fast learner if I may say so myself :D) - and other than that I work with Indesign/Photoshop! I would love to learn how to make 3D but my guess is, it's not gonna be this life :(

    I do not know if you can say I make a living by my skills, but it is a huge part of my job as a marketing manager.

    Where are your technical / it skills placed?? Are you newbie, exeperiences or uber? Do you live by it? Are your skills connected to your interest of playing games :rabbit:
     
  2. Dec 14, 2009 #2
    RAZER

    RAZER Custom title ... uh ...

    Nice idea there Lykke !

    There are a couple things I know a bit about, but by no means enough to call me an uber skilled person.

    I know a bit HTML and I did a little VBA and LISP programming for AutoCAD on my job, mainly for making some stuff that program does not haven out of te box. Thays it on my programming skills.

    I do understand pretty fast what I'm looking at in code most of the time and can make changes, but dont have the skills yet to start a project by myself and a lot of the VBA code I made had a lot of google involved to lookup stuff, but I guess that is a good way to learn.

    Besides that I know a bit of Abode PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premiere, but as coding my skills are pretty basic.

    One thing I dare to say I'm really good at is AutoCAD, but thats a skill that doesnt really come in handy I guess for gaming and forums. I do however used it for my maps to put the roads on it (automated from a list of coords.) and the TP's and stuff. And I also used it for some of the logo's I made a threat about on this forum. So I missuse it a bit sometimes :).

    The reason I'm as good as I am at AutoCAD because it is my job. I'm a draftsman at an architects office and I'm doing that for about 9 years now.

    I think thats about it.
     
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  3. Dec 14, 2009 #3
    leeloo

    leeloo cOloRmAnIaC

    I make my living from Computers as well. I am Systems Engineer but more Business Applications nothing with fancy graphics :)

    I can handle all main PC stuff quite ok though
     
  4. Dec 14, 2009 #4
    Lykke TheNun

    Lykke TheNun In Loot We Trust


    Not everything pc related needs to be graphical :) Being a system Engineer requires quite some skills I can imagine ;)
     
  5. Dec 14, 2009 #5
    NotAdmin

    NotAdmin Administrator

    My main expertise is databases. I started in IT 10 years ago, trained as a Systems Engineer for NT4, but quickly decided that was not for me, and made a switch to become a database administrator on the Microsoft platform. While working with that, I regularly found myself performing the same manual tasks over and over again, and I picked up some VBA and VB6 skills to help out with reducing that kind of stuff.

    After obtaining credentials as a solution developer in VB6, I switched to VB.NET, and later on C#. I'm by no means an expert programmer, but I can get stuff done, and am able to offer high-level input on application design in .NET, and using the SQL Engine as a back-end.

    The last few years of my career have been focussed on Business Intelligence, which I thoroughly enjoy, mostly due to its challenging nature, and the insight into business processes gained by it. Most of my experience there has been on the data-side though at the moment I'm only working on the front-end side (and bloody hating it. If that hag of a client of mine once more whines about a line being one pixel too much to the left, I'm going to go postal on her).

    During the years I've also done my fair share of consultancy in all areas described above.

    Recently, I've done some real basic PHP coding, and managed to get the neccessary forum-jobs done (though wizzszz has been swift to point out I suck at obtaining performance (mainly because most of my "coding" is based on figuring out other people's code, and adapting it where neccessary, and really not based on having any clue whatsoever about the PHP object models yet)).
     
  6. Dec 14, 2009 #6
    aridash

    aridash large throbbing member

    i work as a system admin for near 10 years, though currently more junior than i'd like. I know a little about alot, "played" with everything from assembler to PHP, built desktops to servers, but trying to focus on Unix systems and scripting now. have recently discoverd im not too bad at project managment, im technical enough to understand whats going on/required but not techie enough to actually get involved (which is surprising a virtue).

    i wanted to write games as a teenager, so chose a computer degree, but i found if wasnt nerdy/focused enough to learn a langauge properly. theres still time though....
     
  7. Dec 14, 2009 #7
    GeorgeSkywalker

    GeorgeSkywalker Explorer

    I just troll forums and I'm a master at that :) he he


    seriously, I'm well versed in most aspects of computing I've had different and varied jobs from a programmer, graphic designer to an archaeologist. The programmer job was a long long time ago that I can't really recall too many details, plus programming has moved on since then. I do however find the underlying concepts I've learnt are extremely useful e.g. problem resolution, logical thinking, programming structures. So although with the modern stuff may have different syntax the underlying stuff will be pretty much the same.

    I'd say I'm a jack of all trades but a master of none. As I have a broad experience of various softwware packages and things but not necessarily any formal training in anything. I tend to learn what needs to be learnt in order to get the job i'm doing done. So it's a much a hands on knowledge but I'll have big gaps in my knowledge.
     
  8. Dec 14, 2009 #8
    Lykke TheNun

    Lykke TheNun In Loot We Trust


    archaeologist - I also wished to be that all my childhood (youth ...) - main on Egypt of course !! Does this mean you know a lot about History too?? And what areas did you explore? ;)
     
  9. Dec 14, 2009 #9
    GeorgeSkywalker

    GeorgeSkywalker Explorer

    i did a masters in archaeology. My first degree was computing. I know a little about history but not any more than the average person. After the masters I worked in various archaeological companies mostly working on the computer :) ...no digging, or throwing whips around lol

    On the computer I made maps of archaeological finds using a GIS system. I was a GIS specialist ;) with my computing background I was able to do a few simple coding routines to convert data into map references etc...So it was quite different from indiana jones and the excavation stuff.

    on the course itself I looked at various different historical periods from inuit peoples and emergence of civilization to english history.

    A little bit on Egypt as well (one of my tutors was an egyptolist she knew loads on that kinda stuff picked her brains :) ).
     
  10. Dec 14, 2009 #10
    kalanen

    kalanen roadkill

    I can roll a joint while riding a bike.:wave:
     
  11. Dec 14, 2009 #11
    Predden

    Predden -= SHS =-

    now THAT is skills! :clap:
     
  12. Dec 14, 2009 #12
    Lorfat

    Lorfat Bad Looter King

    wow you can ride a bike ? :D

    sorry for offtopic :d
     
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  13. Dec 14, 2009 #13
    Joser

    Joser asphinctersayswhat

    After the last company I worked for folded I've left IT altogether. I'm a bartender now. I can strike up and keep a conversation going, and it's always fun to serve people wonderful alcohol. That and I get to practice throwing bottles around like this...

     
  14. Dec 14, 2009 #14
    wizzszz

    wizzszz

    I play quite a mean billard... :vampire:

    I know a thing or two about medicine (studied dentistry but never finished it), education (held a lot of classes a while back) and well...

    If it runs on bits i can code it :P
    From assembler to c#/delphi to fancy script stuff like php and Javascript...

    Main subject is communication software whatsoever - Digital telephony over isdn/voip and client/server applications (ever wanted to have a faked short message from obama reading "Your country needs you!" ? ;) ), but i do a lot of other stuff, too.


    But the skill i like most is: I don't look like a nerd :D:D
     
  15. Dec 14, 2009 #15
    Knuckles

    Knuckles

    I'm a selftrained selfproclaimed hardware specialist when it comes to computer hardware. I also used to be quite a power gamer as a kid and shares a few world record Hi Scores on SNES and NES games*

    *based on old Nintendo Power official scores
     
  16. Dec 14, 2009 #16
    aridash

    aridash large throbbing member

    winner.


    ..........
     
  17. Dec 14, 2009 #17
    Chopper

    Chopper Sanctuary

    25+ yrs as a component level electronic tech.
    Consumer electronics, Medical electronics, Industrial electronics, Aerospace, ect.. pretty much anything electronic. :woohoo:
     
  18. Dec 14, 2009 #18
    AlricBezel

    AlricBezel


    That's impressive!!!
     
  19. Dec 14, 2009 #19
    Rockchick

    Rockchick

    I can..... Nope I cant

    I can.. No I cant:cry:


    I R pc noob :bigsmile: Sorry




    I can do this :alcohol:
     
  20. Dec 15, 2009 #20
    GeorgeSkywalker

    GeorgeSkywalker Explorer

    Cute...I noticed you've been racking up quite a few high scores in the arcade section, that's what matters most :)
     
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