IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Tr0yTV]

That may be true, but it does not change the fact that the opportunity is available. I saw another job ad from Amazon for the same position and the only requirement was a 4 year degree. No work experience. It is about supply and demand at the end of the day. Amazon also trains you for 6 months on all the technologies so you just have to pass the interview.

GE had a similar program for Cloud Architects. The only requirement was a degree.

 

[Regular Developer]

Anyone do any android development and have tips they've learned along the way? I'm about to be balls deep in a project within the next couple of weeks and I'd like to avoid some rookie mistakes.

Sorry no tips here, lol. Except for maybe if you're creating an app, make sure you have someone else design the screens.

What are you gonna be using, Android Develper Studio, Xamarin, something else?

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Sorry no tips here, lol. Except for maybe if you're creating an app, make sure you have someone else design the screens.

What are you gonna be using, Android Develper Studio, Xamarin, something else?

Android Studio for all of it. It's a one-man project so I'll have to do the UI myself. From what I've experienced so far it's not that much different than using WPF with the .NET Framework. What's going to slow me down the most is the database stuff; I'm not super clear on using an ORM just yet. I also want to include some cryptography to obscure the data the user enters.

 

[Regular Developer]

Android Studio for all of it. It's a one-man project so I'll have to do the UI myself. From what I've experienced so far it's not that much different than using WPF with the .NET Framework. What's going to slow me down the most is the database stuff; I'm not super clear on using an ORM just yet. I also want to include some cryptography to obscure the data the user enters.

Well if you get a chance to have a UI person design something out, take it. It saves some time, forces you to take time and explain the user flow, and if you prefer the coding, it takes the headache out of trying to switch between code and ui design.

Let me know how Android Studio works out. sounds like a fun technology to work with.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Well if you get a chance to have a UI person design something out, take it. It saves some time, forces you to take time and explain the user flow, and if you prefer the coding, it takes the headache out of trying to switch between code and ui design.

Let me know how Android Studio works out. sounds like a fun technology to work with.

What do you reccomend for UI Design/prototyping? I planned on using Axure for something Im working on.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Well if you get a chance to have a UI person design something out, take it. It saves some time, forces you to take time and explain the user flow, and if you prefer the coding, it takes the headache out of trying to switch between code and ui design.

Let me know how Android Studio works out. sounds like a fun technology to work with.

I have some graphic design friends I might consult with. So far Android Studio isn't too bad. It's based off of IntelliJ, if you've ever used it, so it has good functionality built in. This is the first time I've used any code generation tools with purpose and it's a time saver. One thing is that it takes a while to open up sometimes so don't rely on it when you're in a hurry.

@CashmereEsquire I think my professor posted a couple tools we should check out for our projects. Let me find them and get back to you on that.

 

[Regular Developer]

What do you reccomend for UI Design/prototyping? I planned on using Axure for something Im working on.

no idea, lol. I usually pay a ui designer, then i lay things out the way they designed. all i have to worry about is the function. Thats how've i've done it for dashboards, games, and web apps.

But I did see this one wireframing/design type program, i forgot the name of it. Its something.io. If I remember, I'll post it

 

[Apollo Creed]

no idea, lol. I usually pay a ui designer, then i lay things out the way they designed. all i have to worry about is the function. Thats how've i've done it for dashboards, games, and web apps.

But I did see this one wireframing/design type program, i forgot the name of it. Its something.io. If I remember, I'll post it

axure seemed to be the most popular in the industry and i have a license via work. You make any iOS apps before or your focus is mainly web apps?

 

[Regular Developer]

axure seemed to be the most popular in the industry and i have a license via work. You make any iOS apps before or your focus is mainly web apps?

I've mainly worked in C# .NET for work, but I've kind of just picked up random projects. I've done a couple android games with C#/Unity3d, and am currently working on a web app for a friend. I've been learning the web technologies on the fly though. I started doing a mobile app, but I was using Xamarin .NET since I know C#, and didnt want to have to try and learn both Android (Java?) and iOS (Objective-C/Swift or something like that, right?)

 

[Apollo Creed]

I've mainly worked in C# .NET for work, but I've kind of just picked up random projects. I've done a couple android games with C#/Unity3d, and am currently working on a web app for a friend. I've been learning the web technologies on the fly though. I started doing a mobile app, but I was using Xamarin .NET since I know C#, and didnt want to have to try and learn both Android (Java?) and iOS (Objective-C/Swift or something like that, right?)

i hear they have stuff where you can literally port iOS apps to android

 

[Regular Developer]

i hear they have stuff where you can literally port iOS apps to android

Thats true. I also know that they have frameworks or tools where you can actually use javascript and it can port it over to both devices.

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

@730BlackMage I'm sure you are right. It varies between companies how technical the position actually is. In reference to Amazon; it seems like they focus more on sales, and let the support engineers build the solution. I think the SA 'designs' the Solution (on premise network with AWS), and gives the client a cost benefit analysis. Again, I'm not sure, that's why I asked.

I believe it is Pre-sales when people refer to Sales Engineering. @Ice_MF_Mike can you share some insight on Sales Engineering? What the position entails and how it is similar or different from Solution Architecture.

Sales engineering is typically broken up into Pre sales and post sales. Both position types may make commision though usually pre sales makes more commission.

Pre sales is typically you being a subject matter expert and assisting a sales rep answering very technical questions as well as implementing the software as a proof of concept in the customer environment. Roles range from salsy to extremely technical. Usually there is a strong salary and additional commission which is pretty solid usually. So its not like a sales rep where if you dont hit your number you wont get paid. You still make dough.

Post sales is usually delivering services. Once someone buys the software you go and roll it out. You may also assist them with projects and such.

Sometimes solutions architect roles are kind of like a mix of pre and post sales. Typically leaning more post sales but heavy on architecting the solution. They are all kind of in the same realm and all usually fairly senior roles.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

@CashmereEsquire @730BlackMage
Fluid UI - The Easier Web, Desktop and Mobile Prototyping Tool and Proto.io - Prototypes that feel real

From the assignment he gave it it looks like we have to do UI prototyping, so I'll pick one and tell you what I think within the next week or two.

 

[Apollo Creed]

@CashmereEsquire @730BlackMage
Fluid UI - The Easier Web, Desktop and Mobile Prototyping Tool and Proto.io - Prototypes that feel real

From the assignment he gave it it looks like we have to do UI prototyping, so I'll pick one and tell you what I think within the next week or two.

If you are a student you should download Axure for the hell of it since it is an industry standard tool. Even if you dont use it for this project download it since its free for students and you can have it on deck for later on.

I never heard of the two you posted.

 

[Regular Developer]

@CashmereEsquire @730BlackMage
Fluid UI - The Easier Web, Desktop and Mobile Prototyping Tool and Proto.io - Prototypes that feel real

From the assignment he gave it it looks like we have to do UI prototyping, so I'll pick one and tell you what I think within the next week or two.

Didn't realize it was for a class. Thats perfect then if they got you going through all the pieces of the project. I think it'll give you a good understanding of the whole project. I actually never got to work on any applications with UIs while in college. everything we made was command line.