Hi All, I am an MBA person and doing job in HR Dept. but this is not what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a computer programmer and now a days I am thinking to switch my career. The help I want from you people is that "Do Learning VB .Net or C# .Net Can offer me a start to IT Career" i.e If I study .Net Framework with VB .Net or C# .Net and get a good grip on one or both of these languages, then will I be able to get a job or additional courses would be required. Please help me on this. I would be grateful if somebody spends his/her precious time on this. The course details are here http://www.evslearning.com/programdetails.aspx?code=evs_it001 Regards
There is a no doubt learning languages like VB .Net or C# .Net, both a best to start a good IT career. You can choose any one language according to your interest.
Thanks ggiindia for your response. It means that I will be able to get job on the basis of .Net Framework and any other course that I take will be added advantage. Thanks again.
If you don't learn programming before you learn programming languages, you're just fooling yourself. Professionals know programming, people who know programming languages, but not programming, are - at best - hobbyists. And prospective employers don't hire hobbyists, they hire professionals. Just learning languages to be a programmer is like learning stock tables to be an MBA. You can fake it to someone who doesn't know anything about the field, but to a professional you'd look like a fool trying to convince someone that, because you know what a P/E ratio is, you're an MBA. If you want to be self-taught, start with Algorithms and Data Structures. Otherwise, go back to school and get a CS degree.
I would look at the job market first to make sure its worth it for you as many 'programmers' are actually professionals in other fields that use programming to develop their own programs, work flow automation structures etc. I would focus on 'who' would be hiring you before devling too deeply in the 'big career'. Example, I'm a US National Publisher of music/lyrics and record co. entrepreneur. Knowing lots of fields helps your business to get things done more effectively.
Thanks Rukbat and ezprint2008 for your replies. Rukbat: I have to start a career in IT and I am very much passionate to do this. I attended a seminar on .Net Framework last day and had a fruitful discussion with the seminar facilitator who has a very rich experience of 14 years in IT specially in .Net. The conclusion he made is that if somebody without IT or programming background take the course they are offering (Course Contents: http://www.evslearning.com/programdetails.aspx?code=evs_it001), that person will be able to enter into the market at a price (Salary) which would be about 40 % to 50 % less than the ones with IT background. Now when I look at your comment I am unable to understand what was that, a false hope or ................ In reality your post is a real heart breaker for me because after attending that seminar I was pretty much hopeful but today I looked at your post and ................ no words to say. Anyways facts are facts and cant be changed. Thanks for your precious time. What I want is just entry in IT field because while working in HR Dept. it is very much difficult for me to start any CS degree. How will I justify it to my boss because I would require leaves every now and then to take exams as I have a Distant Learning University option with me for doing CS Degree. I want a sincere look into this matter and a soul soothing solution. Waiting for responses. Regards Asif
Why a heart breaker? I was only pointing out that you might want to find an opening or talk with business peoples first to build a working relationship and see if they could hire. It's better than driving down the road with a blanket over the window just because you have a car.
ezprint2008 I wasn't saying all that to u but to "Rukbat". That person said to learng progmng. first then learn languages. I have talked to my friends in IT sector. They say that just learn .Net n come to us. We will surely help u finding a good job.
That's said by people who get paid to do what they're offering you. Ask employers whether they'll hire you if you just learn .Net (which isn't even a programming language). As someone who has hired people in the past, I can tell you that almost no one will hire you if all you know is .Net, not even VB or C#. And those who will, will pay you very little - probably no more than 25% of what you're earning now (and maybe even less than that). And if you can't get a job at any price ... well, they got paid for the course, so they really don't care. Four months, though, can teach you quite a lot - if the course is taught properly. Ask to speak to former graduates of the course, and see how easy it was for them to find decent paying programming jobs after taking the course. But remember, you're competing with many people who have not only IT experience but the proper training - and for few jobs. It's not so much the salary - would you hire someone who had just finished a 4 month course, or someone who had 5 years of actual work experience, if you could get them for the same salary? (Which is the current situation in most countries.) Another consideration is yourself. If you're not an analytical person, you'll never be a good programmer, no matter how much training and experience you have, and work will always be a chore. If you're artistic, go into design, not programming.