What are you working on? December 2011

jsalvatier

This is the sixth bimonthly 'What are you working On?' thread. Previous threads are here. So here's the question:

What are you working on?

Here are some guidelines:

Focus on projects that you have recently made progress on, not projects that you're thinking about doing but haven't started.
Why this project and not others? Mention reasons why you're doing the project and/or why others should contribute to your project (if applicable).
Talk about your goals for the project.
Any kind of project is fair game: personal improvement, research project, art project, whatever.
Link to your work if it's linkable.

This is the sixth bimonthly 'What are you working On?' thread. Previous threads are here. So here's the question:

What are you working on?

Here are some guidelines:

Focus on projects that you have recently made progress on, not projects that you're thinking about doing but haven't started.
Why this project and not others? Mention reasons why you're doing the project and/or why others should contribute to your project (if applicable).
Talk about your goals for the project.
Any kind of project is fair game: personal improvement, research project, art project, whatever.
Link to your work if it's linkable.

I'm very, very curious to hear about your experience at the bootcamp, getting a job afterwards, and then doing that job.

I've been a professional programmer for years, and I love it. I'm always trying to convince other people to quit their boring, useless jobs and spend their days actually building something. I also help interview programmers for jobs, and when I do, I often find huge gaps in knowledge, even among people who have programmed professionally and/or have an academic CS background.

So I'm curious about how well programs like this teach the material, and whether they're worth the time/money.

I'm curious what sorts of huge gaps in knowledge you encounter. I'm a professional programmer and I would like to know if I have any of them.

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