How much time do you spend learning stuff?

OfficeTech · 16-10-2008, 21:23

About time i ask a question now, Sorry if this has been asked before. Could not find it via a search.

Okay, How much time do you spend in general learning new things or stuff that you may not need to know..

--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)

--------------------------------------- My Answers ------------------------------------
--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
* - Every single day for the last 7 years, The more i learn. The better i can do.
2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
* - Generally to the point it cant be any different.... Hence i dont finish projects
3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
* - Yep, Once again most days i do... Some i almost cry at when i have to think about it
4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
* - No, There is always something more i can add or do to it.
5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects
* - Have plenty of projects, Xmas lights. RC robots, security systems and so on

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
* - notepad, lots of pen n paper... and coffee
2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
* - just always have, I love knowing i created something from nothing
3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
* - Pen n Paper, Experiment... Anything that helped
4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)
* - Google... Google.... And More Google.... Otherwise just kept on going until i cracked it

fast1 · 17-10-2008, 08:44

--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
- most days for about 10 years!
2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
- all the time...i am never ever happy
3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
- not really
4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
- paid websites yes, my personal sites never
5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects
- i built a q-basic program to control lego once!

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
frontpage 98 for fun...it was an F1 website called F1-FAST AND FURIOUS hosted at geocities. I think I also used adobe pagemaker too becuase it supported frames!
2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
I taught myself at about 14 and then realsed i thought stick with what i know!
3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
right click > view source
4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)
keep trying and a search engine called infoseek!

jono · 17-10-2008, 15:17

OK, my turn.

--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
Fun? Hmm... Would probably rather someone else do the coding!

I like developing web sites, not just the coding of them.

2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
Generally not, I'm more interested in getting the site up and running. I often know of things that I should come back to and improve, but more often than not I don't get back to it!

3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
Nope.

4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
Nope. I generally implement enough of it to get it up and running. I always have a few ideas to implement but generally wait for the site to build before adding.

5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects
Can't think of anything, not really into electronics.

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
Probably FrontPage.

2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
Personally I enjoy the concept development - application design. The development I do but would rather outsource it if I could justify it.

3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
I bought a few books and if I'm lucky one will be a good one.

4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)
Google, or keep on trying. If I'm looking for something new than I Google it, but if I am having a problem with something I generally just keep working on it until it works.

webjuck · 09-11-2008, 21:48

--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
yes and yes yes yes. i love code like an electronic board.
sometimes coding is just another part of web design if you know what i mean.

2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
yes i try to. i have to work out how to first then ill do it

3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
yeah why not. but i still dont know what it is even if i have played around with it

4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
it is complete to the point i can make money off it then it is complete. but there is always more money to be made.

5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects
ahh. what is real world? is there an outside to my office?

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
microsoft front page

2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
when i found out i can use paint brush pro and photoshop

3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
notepad, ebooks, books, paper & pen, tutorials, google.

4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)
google and also i got an tutoror who did asp.net and c++.

brapster · 09-01-2009, 23:59

--- Do You Do This? ---
1: Do you play with code for the fun of it? (OFW - Out Of Work)
not really unless its something cool and new
2: Do you rebuild your code to make it faster or stronger?
yes i upgrade as often as possible
3: Do you try something you will never need, Example... AI Engines
nope
4: Do you ever consider your websites/projects complete?
never ever complete!
5: Do you try to intergrate realworld technologies into your website/projects
if wherever possible yet

--- How Did You? ---
1: How did you make your first site (Software,paid-fun)?
for fun using notepad
2: How did you know you want to be a developer?
when i realised my addiction should be my income
3: How did you learn coding (Pen n Paper, Plenty of snippets)?
trial and error
4: How did you get help when you needed it (google,friends,just keep on trying)
join forums and meet people that can help me