Best Commercial Segue into D

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Re: Best Commercial Segue into D

Posted by Bastiaan Veelo
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Bastiaan Veelo

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On Saturday, 11 February 2023 at 22:37:32 UTC, Paul wrote:

what would be a good career path to put me in a position where I could apply for a D coding job? C/C++, Java, Python, embedded programming?

Are you saying you are (going to be) a student and wonder what courses to take? Or are those the languages that you already know and are looking for an employer?

These are the ways in which people came to code in D commercially, that I know of:

They never used D before and were told to go code in D by their employers.
They became experts in D in their free time here in this community, and were headhunted by the industry (or they applied).
They found a way to introduce D at their current job.
They started their own business.

If 2. is your thing, it is as with any other language: read, write, and get reviewed. The latter happens when you start contributing to existing projects. Depending on how much time you have, your background and perhaps your age, Google Summer of Code or Symmetry Autumn of Code can be a good way to increase your D skills.

Personally I am in category 3. For me, and this is irrespective of language, a course in algorithms and data structures was most impactful to my coding practice. My education is primarily on domain knowledge, computer science came second. But both were instrumental to my career.

Good luck,
-- Bastiaan.

On 2/15/23 03:17, Bastiaan Veelo wrote: > 1. They never used D before and were told to go code in D by their > employers. An anecdote: As you know, I used D for developer tools in the automotive industry. One of our colleagues has always been impressed with the tools. I've learned recently that he had told his brother about D, who also happened to work in the automotive industry. And his brother ended up choosing D for a project just because their C programmers hated C++ and their C++ programmers hated C. :) In the end, an intern was forced to use D. :) Ali

On Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 06:52:14 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: > On 2/15/23 03:17, Bastiaan Veelo wrote: > > > 1. They never used D before and were told to go code in D by > their > > employers. > > An anecdote: As you know, I used D for developer tools in the automotive industry. One of our colleagues has always been impressed with the tools. I've learned recently that he had told his brother about D, who also happened to work in the automotive industry. > > And his brother ended up choosing D for a project just because their C programmers hated C++ and their C++ programmers hated C. :) In the end, an intern was forced to use D. :) > > Ali Great news! When we will be able to add this new shiny star to the https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html?

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