Software Development/Engineering Thread

[AbbeySider]

I gather that most of you work on a computer so im wondering is there many posters developing or engineering software? Im a J2EE engineer working in R&D projects at the minute.

Right now im developing potential Andriod Apps for customers, what is everyone else up to?
I think Fear ón Srath Bán told me once he was a DB developer 

[Orior]

My focus is getting more productivity out of the likes of AbbeySider, so I can spend more time on GAA Board.

[Abble]

abbeysider,
10yrs working on maintenance side of things using mainframe and mostly COBOL, JCL & DB2 !!

currently on C#, ASP.NET and ADO.NET training courses so hopefully going down a new avenue soon.

[screenexile]

Should this not be renamed the "How to Remain a Virgin" thread??!!

[Orior]

lol

[Geoff Tipps]

I'm a software developer but I don't really like to talk about that part of my life 

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

I think Fear ón Srath Bán told me once he was a DB developer 

Mostly DB Admin these days AS, engaged in interminable circular debate with J2EE heads who want to treat the database as a data bucket! 

[ziggysego]

I was going to be a Software Developer, but got sick of it in College. So instead of going on to the next level, I jacked it in and got a job.

Later, I went back to College on a night course to be a web developer. My health started to play up, so I jacked it in.

I'm still at work and considering other options for the future. Hoping to do it My Way soon.

[Orior]

I think Fear ón Srath Bán told me once he was a DB developer 

Mostly DB Admin these days AS, engaged in interminable circular debate with J2EE heads who want to treat the database as a data bucket! 

So which is better, MS SQL Server or Oracle?

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

So which is better, MS SQL Server or Oracle?

If you want a DBMS where reads never block writes, and writes never block reads regardless of the number of concurrent users *, then there's only one answer to that, and it ain't SQL Server (or repackaged Sybase) 

* Despite SQL Server's 'Snapshot Mode'

[Goats Do Shave]

.Net Developer. Create custom web apps that communicate via web services to a vendor software application.

Any jobs going?

[AbbeySider]

My focus is getting more productivity out of the likes of AbbeySider, so I can spend more time on GAA Board.

Working on it 

[AbbeySider]

So which is better, MS SQL Server or Oracle?

If you want a DBMS where reads never block writes, and writes never block reads regardless of the number of concurrent users *, then there's only one answer to that, and it ain't SQL Server (or repackaged Sybase) 

* Despite SQL Server's 'Snapshot Mode'

I dont like SQL Server, you cant roll back which is a pain!
Oracle seems more powerful for a basic enough user like me.

[AbbeySider]

.Net Developer. Create custom web apps that communicate via web services to a vendor software application.

Any jobs going?

Where are you based Goats?
Sh!t loads of work in Dublin and most cities down south in Java / .NET

[Geoff Tipps]

So which is better, MS SQL Server or Oracle?

If you want a DBMS where reads never block writes, and writes never block reads regardless of the number of concurrent users *, then there's only one answer to that, and it ain't SQL Server (or repackaged Sybase) 

* Despite SQL Server's 'Snapshot Mode'

I dont like SQL Server, you cant roll back which is a pain!
Oracle seems more powerful for a basic enough user like me.

Roll back what?? A transaction??