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OffTopic > Applying professional-developer restrictions to oneself?

#106625 - tepples - Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:31 pm

In this post in a topic about porting a Java virtual machine, OOPMan wrote:
As for
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Such a solution does not generalize to licensed development, where not every customer has Opera and its RAM pack. Don't rely on this if you're looking for employment as a DS programmer.
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Erm, when did we start talking about licensed development?

I thought one of the main reasons for making homebrew in the first place was to demonstrate skills to employers. Besides, once DS-Xtreme comes out, a lot more people will be using SLOT-1 solutions, which don't have anything in GBA ROM address space.
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#106656 - OOPMan - Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:57 am

Okay, I guess we're following pretty different angle then tepples :-)

I can't honestly say I see myself or that many other people getting employed as a result of working on homebrew...

As for having to pander for SLOT-1 devices. No thanks. I prefer the slot-2 options are the moment. It's just something about having that 32mb of extra RAM if I really need it that's nice.

Also, it's great for DSLinux ;-)
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#106663 - sgeos - Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:27 am

OOPMan wrote:
I can't honestly say I see myself or that many other people getting employed as a result of working on homebrew...

Plenty of the regular posters are professional developers. Many of them were not professional developers when they started posting.

-Brendan

#106670 - OOPMan - Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:42 pm

Professional DS developers, or just general professional developers?

Just wondering...

I hope no one's mis-interpreting my tone or anything...
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#106677 - sgeos - Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:52 pm

OOPMan wrote:
Professional DS developers, or just general professional developers?

Some of them have done professional DS work. I'm not sure exactly what each and every ex-gba homebrewer is working on right now (for obvious reasons).

OOPMan wrote:
Just wondering...

I hope no one's mis-interpreting my tone or anything...

Take a tour of the "Help Wanted" forum. The job offers from EA and other companies are real. If you are 17 and in high school you won't get the job. If you've got your act together, interview well and are willing to relocate, you might be hired. Note that I doubt that gbadev applicants are the highest on the list.

Anyone could be reading what you are writing. There are about 1900 members with 0 posts. I'm sure at least a couple of those people are VIP lurkers with hiring power.

-Brendan

#106680 - OOPMan - Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:15 pm

Eek, job offers from EA!

Run children, run!

Hehehehe...

Anyway, we've gotten a bit of topic. Back on the subject of Java on DS, I've downloaded the WabaVM source that someone linked too, although I've yet to take a look at it. Anyone else looked at it yet?
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#106688 - tepples - Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:01 pm

sgeos wrote:
Take a tour of the "Help Wanted" forum. The job offers from EA and other companies are real. If you are 17 and in high school you won't get the job. If you've got your act together, interview well and are willing to relocate, you might be hired.

"Willing to relocate" even internationally? How many years does it take to 1. build the confidence, 2. learn the language (except among US/UK/AU/NZ/anglophone Canada), 3. learn the laws, and 4. perform the paperwork to be able to relocate to another country?
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#106767 - OOPMan - Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:35 am

Hmmmmm, I'd say the paperwork is most problematic tepples.

As I discovered when I went to work in the UK for the last 5 months, having a Right of Abode does not mean you have a social security number, tax code and all the other irritating crap that goes along with a job...
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#106768 - sgeos - Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:51 am

A link to my reply in the off topic section.

-Brendan