Information Technology (IT)

So the VP of the company that I work for wants me to come and do some IT related work. Setting up a password for her wifi, transferring 9 gobs worth of photos to her Mac. Showing her how to use one drive and the online version of excel, word, etc. pretty much whatever she asks that's computer related. Only thing is I'm not sure how much I should charge. A flat fee or by the hour. I can't imagine it taking more than 1-2 hours but you never know. Any advice? Also she's already paying for the cab to get to her house.

Do it for free. SRS.
 
@yeah I was just thinking of charging what I make per hour at my job. She's definitely not a wiz with anything technology related. She's one of those upscale rich white ladies[emoji]128514[/emoji]. My boss was there when she asked if I could help her out. After she left he was laughing about it but said it's ok to go and make some extra money.

I doubt anyone will make a fuss since someone else in my department has done consulting work for her before.
 
So the VP of the company that I work for wants me to come and do some IT related work. Setting up a password for her wifi, transferring 9 gobs worth of photos to her Mac. Showing her how to use one drive and the online version of excel, word, etc. pretty much whatever she asks that's computer related. Only thing is I'm not sure how much I should charge. A flat fee or by the hour. I can't imagine it taking more than 1-2 hours but you never know. Any advice? Also she's already paying for the cab to get to her house.

Do it for free. SRS.

Nah, he should charge her off the strength of who she is, don't want the backlash. But I'd also advise you to offer to lend your services in a more public setting, unless she's involved w/ someone, then going to the house would be ok b/c it wouldn't look bad on both of you. If you don't charge her, you have to be prepared for everyone else that she tells what you did for her and how much you charged/didn't charge her.

As far as a rate, I'd say about $50 since she's paying for the cab and it wouldn't take long to do all of the things she needs done.


nvm, just read your reply :lol:
 
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Anyone try being a Dev and switch because they didn't get it? Like I can't get this OOP down at all. Like homie said I understand he basics but bruh. I think I might have to try my hand at Info Sec again
 
Anyone try being a Dev and switch because they didn't get it? Like I can't get this OOP down at all. Like homie said I understand he basics but bruh. I think I might have to try my hand at Info Sec again

Takes years to get programming down. Keep pushing it's not easy, but once it starts to click it's smooth sailing.
 
 
Awesome, I was wondering is it worth my time to study C++ to learn OOP principles. It appears most companies focus on java or C# but most systems were built with C++ correct?
Java is OOP also, so once you get java down C++ is very easy. I had actually never learned C++ before I started this position we only learned java in school. C# is pretty much the same as java, so I would focus on java first then brush up on the C++ and C# differences.

OOP is very important I'm sure there isn't a single developer out there that doesn't know OOP. I would have to say that the majority of legacy systems (DoD specifically) are built on C++.
 
Anyone try being a Dev and switch because they didn't get it? Like I can't get this OOP down at all. Like homie said I understand he basics but bruh. I think I might have to try my hand at Info Sec again

Takes years to get programming down. Keep pushing it's not easy, but once it starts to click it's smooth sailing.

U aint lying, even HTML takes time. I've bee doing it for about 2 years, one year actually being active and there's always something I'm forgetting. U load yourself up w/ so much info and then forget the simple things. But I've noticed that by actually using it to produce real world things, it's becoming more natural to me. I think I'm going to try to apply the same notion to JavaScript and it's libraries.

Question to anyone, Java, C++, or C#? I know one of those are my next move, just having trouble deciding which one. I'll more than likely be getting more into web applications development. so the basics (HTML, CSS, JS) paired w/ Bootstrap and Python, I feel I need one of the three languages also.
 
 
Java is OOP also, so once you get java down C++ is very easy. I had actually never learned C++ before I started this position we only learned java in school. C# is pretty much the same as java, so I would focus on java first then brush up on the C++ and C# differences.

OOP is very important I'm sure there isn't a single developer out there that doesn't know OOP. I would have to say that the majority of legacy systems (DoD specifically) are built on C++.
Cool, so going the C++ route first wouldn't hurt.
 
Got my first job out of school as a QA Engineer. I'm hoping to learn automation testing but so far they just have me doing manual testing. Anyone here have any experience in software testing?
 
Yo, Github is confusing and the Mac/Windows desktop client won't push my project to the web.


This is why I prefer hosting over uploading to git. But I want feedback on a project

ay if you have some study materials you can share slide that to a playa :nerd:
If he got a 100 with the trivia pursuit questions Cisco ask, he must got a line to China/India lol.

I admire some of ya programming backgrounds. Feel like I'm too old for that ish.

You're never too old for knowledge.


I've been developing since I was 13. But that doesn't stop me from learning new languages.
 
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Yo, Github is consuming and the Mac/Windows desktop client won't push my project to the web.


This is why I prefer hosting over uploading to git. But I want feedback on a project

ay if you have some study materials you can share slide that to a playa :nerd:
If he got a 100 with the trivia pursuit questions Cisco ask, he must got a line to China/India lol.

I admire some of ya programming backgrounds. Feel like I'm too old for that ish.

You're never too old for knowledge.


I've been developing since I was 13. But that doesn't stop me from learning new languages.

How are you pushing it? Are you using the shell? Are you using the right sequence of commands in the right path?
 
They do, but it almost never works, at least for me. the most I get is syncing and pulling changes from the master to merge w/ my branch. I always use the terminal to push my changes through and to check the git status.
 
Yo, Github is consuming and the Mac/Windows desktop client won't push my project to the web.


This is why I prefer hosting over uploading to git. But I want feedback on a project

ay if you have some study materials you can share slide that to a playa :nerd:
If he got a 100 with the trivia pursuit questions Cisco ask, he must got a line to China/India lol.

I admire some of ya programming backgrounds. Feel like I'm too old for that ish.

You're never too old for knowledge.


I've been developing since I was 13. But that doesn't stop me from learning new languages.

How are you pushing it? Are you using the shell? Are you using the right sequence of commands in the right path?


I'm not even using command line for it, I was using the desktop client.

From what I read, you should be able to just drag the folder onto the client and push/publish it after.


At least, that's what I thought you had to do. Is it easier to just use terminal?
 
Why is java so hard for me to learn :smh:

How far are you into it? Want to learn together? build something to get real-world exp?

PRIME PRIME I find the terminal easier. Right-click the folder you want to push, open it up in the git shell, once you're in the Git shell

git add -A
git commit
(insert comments in the the text box and save it)
git push

Hope that helps, it's a lot faster and better to learn the commands
 
Any thoughts on this course for someone that wants to start from the basics :nerd: I believe its a 12 week course and the total is about $380 for the entire course. Or would I be better off with code academy learning on my own?
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Here is the link to the entire course if anyone is interested

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/java-programming

Don't do the specialization, just take a free Intro to Java course. Coursera or Edx both offer em. Code Cademy doesn't do Java, they're geared more towards Web Dev and Web App Dev. I personally think they lost some credit since Free Code Camp removed em from the curriculum, but they still offer some solid courses like Python, Ruby, Angular.JS, etc.
 
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