Don't work as a programmer?

[twinbaby]

Currently,in my company programmer double up as database adminstrator,which they have to travel through and fro from work to handle sensitive information.They often have to do the patch work assigned by a level 1 helpdesk.

In the past I have interned in a start up,I was facing a lot of pressure from my supervisor that I almost quarrel with him and such that he doesn't want to give me my allowance for that day,and the boss I worked with is very unhelpful.

I was interning in one large private company in Singapore,the intern there work for like overtime everyday,checking database violation and do the Java coding.

In school,I worked with some really stubborn programmer,I would actually do the portion which requires the select statement and I would ask him to do the portion which requires the insert
statement,during the day of the presentation,my portion with the display data/generate report module got nothing to show.

There are many people in my polytechnic,I asked them if they want to do coding next time they say no,they also choose courses like ASP.NET instead of J2EE programming module.

However,5 years down the road,I saw them taking degree like Computer Science and Engineer Major,and having job titles like 'Senior Content Engineer' & 'IT security Analyst'.

I see some of their profiles for my Uni Cohort - putting skills like C++, Java, PHP, Xampp, it is obvious for computing graduate the mostly like career path is to be a software engineer. Nowadays,with the influx of FT,who can work longer,better,faster. Singaporean not only have to compete with Singaporean but also FT.

I have heard friend who quarrelled with their supervisor to the extend quitting the organization.

I have once interviewed someone,they said they have went 48 hours without a single day of sleep,all because of some software crisis with some fields in the database causes the order number to be wrong.

The supervisor will force him to meet the demand,if he can't he will be forced to stay back overtime without additional allowance.

I told my prospective employer that I see programming as a value-added not a must for me to do. Currently,I am the odd one out doing a technical analyst role which is customer facing job,I feel less pressure compared to many of peers doing programming job.

 

[davidktw]

Currently,in my company programmer double up as database adminstrator,which they have to travel through and fro from work to handle sensitive information.They often have to do the patch work assigned by a level 1 helpdesk.

In the past I have interned in a start up,I was facing a lot of pressure from my supervisor that I almost quarrel with him and such that he doesn't want to give me my allowance for that day,and the boss I worked with is very unhelpful.

I was interning in one large private company in Singapore,the intern there work for like overtime everyday,checking database violation and do the Java coding.

Up to here, there is no difficultly here that is programming related. The same thing could be applied to any industry. Such as an accounting firm.

In school,I worked with some really stubborn programmer,I would actually do the portion which requires the select statement and I would ask him to do the portion which requires the insert
statement,during the day of the presentation,my portion with the display data/generate report module got nothing to show.

What does bad collaboration here has to do with programming ? Do have happen in any faculty and course.

There are many people in my polytechnic,I asked them if they want to do coding next time they say no,they also choose courses like ASP.NET instead of J2EE programming module.

Duh... I think you go to any faculty, you can find enough students telling you don't like what they are studying too. Would engineering have less ? You just have to meet them right ?

However,5 years down the road,I saw them taking degree like Computer Science and Engineer Major,and having job titles like 'Senior Content Engineer' & 'IT security Analyst'.

Hence what contradiction are you raising here against your last point ? Puzzling.

I see some of their profiles for my Uni Cohort - putting skills like C++, Java, PHP, Xampp, it is obvious for computing graduate the mostly like career path is to be a software engineer. Nowadays,with the influx of FT,who can work longer,better,faster. Singaporean not only have to compete with Singaporean but also FT.

What do you expect the resume for starters in your university to put ? How long have these people being in the society ? Would you expect them like Software Architect, Project Managers, Consultants, Department Manager or so forth ? For the most obvious starters in any industry has to exhibit skill sets that comprises the core of the industry.

I have heard friend who quarrelled with their supervisor to the extend quitting the organization.

Seriously ? Have you heard of construction worker beating their foreman up because the foreman threw verbal abuses at them ? So what does it means in this case ? Programming industry sucks yet again ?

I have once interviewed someone,they said they have went 48 hours without a single day of sleep,all because of some software crisis with some fields in the database causes the order number to be wrong.

Have you interview any doctors or nurses that went days without sleep during the sars period ?

The supervisor will force him to meet the demand,if he can't he will be forced to stay back overtime without additional allowance.

Same applies to other industry, except you are talking about an isolated case. But I think professionally we all have discipline to apply. Some things need to be done just need to by done. It doesn't matter if you are talking about an accountant that can't balance the sheet, a lawyer that can't solve a case or a team of doctors have to deal with a sudden influx of patients at the A&E.

I told my prospective employer that I see programming as a value-added not a must for me to do. Currently,I am the odd one out doing a technical analyst role which is customer facing job,I feel less pressure compared to many of peers doing programming job.

It's your choice to change your scope and your choice to miss out on certain achievements if at all. Generally what you have shared so far has nothing to do with being a software developer working in a software house or an accountant working in KPMG or not. What you are complaining is your endurance to deal with pressure.

As such my general advice to you is try not to be a baby. In the social, any individual will always have times where he/she need to deal with pressure, the answer is "how you cope with it". The conclusion is therefore it has nothing to do with being a software developer.

What you have mentioned I have commonly come across. No big deal, bite the bullet, have a positive mind and you will see the light. Failure to endure and you will fall before the end of the race. The same applies everywhere. Today I'm more than just a software developer, I develop and ascertain ideas for commercialisation. That is one possible track of software development.