Void and without form - August 8th, 2006
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Retraining...
Last week I stated a Fás course in computer programming. Basically, this is to gain access to resources so that I can retrain myself in new technology, as my skills are out of date. And this part of the plan is fine, as the computers have the software I wanted to try out, MS Visual Studio.NET with Visual Basic.NET, Visual C#, some other stuff including Crystal Reports, and also Java (the sun version I think).
I never did a formal course in Object oriented programming, and while I can muddle through it, keep feeling I am missing the core idea. The hope is that I will eradicate these misgivings during the course.
A downside is that I have to sit through the teaching of elementary programming, something I did over 20 years ago (gulp, 24 years?!) (yawn). Still, a small price to pay for free access to the software, or so I try to tell myself. I have a load of notes from some other courses and saved online resources to keep myself busy if I get too bored.
Another downside is the 8.30 start, which I am still adjusting to. I was never a morning person per se, and am annoyingly waking up to early and then feeling tired all day. Still, plenty of time to adjust.
Also, they have disabled the internet in the lab - apparently it will be turned on half way through. All in all a good decision which eliminates the main source of distraction in IT, annoying though it may be to be without it for purely legitimate online study resources.
Current Mood:  nostalgic
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