Programming Humour

Mr Nice · 19 Sep 2006 at 17:44

Top 11 Reasons to Become a Visual Basic Programmer

11. When competing for a job, most of the other applicants can't speak English.

10. After 2-3 years experience, you are considered a "senior" developer.

9. You get to make fun of MS Access developers.
Hey, at least there's somebody worse off than you.

8. If something you made doesn't work, you can always blame Microsoft.

7. No formal education required, just ability to click NEXT in the wizard.

6. You never have to worry about maintaining code because it will just be rewritten.

5. You won't have to buy a new wardrobe. Khakis and polos are as good as it gets.

4. Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition comes with a "Blackjack Card Game Starter Kit"

3. Almost everything you need to know is in the "Complete Idiots Guide."

2. On your CV, you can include beta testing for SOE and NCSoft 3.
No one knows what you do. Make them think its important.

1. Get your diploma and start your career half-way through secondary school!

Una · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:02

So true

NumptyUK · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:30

Top 11 Reasons to Be a C# Programmer

11. Umm, cant think of a single one.

Inquisitor · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:42

Mr Nice said:
Top 11 Reasons to Become a Visual Basic Programmer
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Haha

*dons fire-proof clothing*

NumptyUK said:
Top 11 Reasons to Be a C# Programmer

11. Umm, cant think of a single one.

Do I sense bitterness?

Lighten up man, it's a joke

~J~ · 20 Sep 2006 at 08:39

As much as I defend VB.Net, it is actually funny!

yoda · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:03

I copied it and emailed it to my collegue who 'maintains' (or doesn't) the Access database and it's VB code...

What can I say, I do HTML and PHP.... oooo what an insult I just made.... lol
Nice one Mr nice

Mr^B · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:17

The same could easily be said about C#, right down to the BlackJack starter kit.

riddlermarc · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:26

Mr^B said:
The same could easily be said about C#, right down to the BlackJack starter kit.

Saucer of milk for table three, please waiter

I'm a C# man but have to mod a few VB.Net now and then, it's okay but to me not as intuitive as C#..

Oh, anyone read www.thedailywtf.com? Absolutely hilarious

Mr^B · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:20

http://thedailywtf.com/Default.aspx is an excellent website...ironically I am in the middle of re-writing a VB6 app which bears an uncanny resemblance to the screenshot under "Surgical Module Changes".

IMO, your perceptions on C# vs VB(.Net) depend on your coding background.

Mine is ostensibly C++ and Java, I picked up C# pretty quickly then had to make the transition to VB.Net for a number of work-related reasons outside of my control - and I didn't find it particularly taxing. I am MCAD (for all that's worth) in both C# and VB.Net (doing literally one exam then the other) and the similarities between the languages far outweigh any trivial syntax/formatting issues.

There's no real reason to go with one or the other - it's just a question of which language's syntax you prefer.

If, on the other hand, we are talking about versions of VB prior to VB.Net (VBA, VB6/5/4, VBScript, etc etc), well that's another fish-kettle and another thread entirely. But if it's VB.Net vs C# - the only difference between them is how they are perceived because they are, to all intents and purposes identical.

yoda · 20 Sep 2006 at 18:32

Mr^B said:
the only difference between them is how they are perceived because they are, to all intents and purposes identical.

Would that be microsoft trying to charge you twice for the same thing again?

n3crius · 20 Sep 2006 at 19:03

hehe fairly good list you put there.

NumptyUK said:
Top 11 Reasons to Be a C# Programmer

11. Umm, cant think of a single one.

but thaaat's just not funny :rolleyes:

Mr^B · 20 Sep 2006 at 21:18

yoda said:
Would that be microsoft trying to charge you twice for the same thing again?

Not if you download the Express versions of Visual Studio for both, no.

Inquisitor · 20 Sep 2006 at 21:22

Mr^B said:
But if it's VB.Net vs C# - the only difference between them is how they are perceived because they are, to all intents and purposes identical.

Strictly speaking, not true; there are a few things that C# can do that VB.NET can't, and vice versa.

I wish people would stop referring to VB.NET as Visual Basic; they're completely different things :confused:

Inquisitor · 20 Sep 2006 at 21:23

Mr^B said:
Not if you download the Express versions of Visual Studio for both, no.

Or even if you buy the full product; you get support for both languages anyway.