[NeverMind]

I was wondering about this today ..
I saw some programmer says they've been programming for 3 years or whatever time ...
is experince by time ? I mean this programmer maybe only make echo and print scripts or even just forms and reciver scripts , in other words, haven't got deep inside the language ..
I am a php programmer and it's been only about 3 months but I am working now in complex large projects .. and even makin' profits from it
so what do you think ?

[Strychnine]

No clue, sorry dude

-Strychnine

[darkcarnival]

i think so. ive been programming for 4 yrs and when i 1st started i only knew a basic amount of HTML and now i know everything about HTML and now im getting my PHP/MySQL knowledge improved so yes the longer you do it the better you get, if your really into web programming. Basically like nething else in life

[NeverMind]

Originally Posted by Strychnine

No clue, sorry dude

-Strychnine

if you have no clue why replying in first place ?!

i think so. ive been programming for 4 yrs and when i 1st started i only knew a basic amount of HTML and now i know everything about HTML and now im getting my PHP/MySQL knowledge improved so yes the longer you do it the better you get, if your really into web programming. Basically like nething else in life

I know time is something really effective in experince but do you think it's the only the thing that makes you better and better ?
I mean if you found someone e.g. who only uses echo and loops for 6 years is really not that experinced , I think what really matters is the subject that you work on and how deep you get inside it will make you a prof ,, and if you go deep with a long time , you will be the best !!

not sure if I made my idea clear or not but that's my english I have

[Stefan]

experience is not just measured by time, it is measured by what you do in that time. so if someone with 4 years of experience has only done echo scripts and form processors, and another person has been working with php for only 6 months but has made full-fledged websites or intranets, then I'd say the latter person has more experience.

or maybe experience is measured in time, but skills arent

[NeverMind]

Originally Posted by Stefan

experience is not just measured by time, it is measured by what you do in that time. so if someone with 4 years of experience has only done echo scripts and form processors, and another person has been working with php for only 6 months but has made full-fledged websites or intranets, then I'd say the latter person has more experience.

or maybe experience is measured in time, but skills arent

that's exactly what I meant from the begining

[Henry]

totally agree with stefan!

[darkcarnival]

I agree but not agree. i agree if your really into programming your learn quick but sometime there r those who say they can program but use a editor which is like cheating on a test.at the school i go to, im the only in that class that knows how to program w/o a editor(i use notpad) in fact im really teaching others there but im just learning PHP/mySQL and its ezr since i already have programming knowledge.and so far im working on a search engine that has some loops,echos,queries,fuctions,ect so its very complex but fun.hope my point made sence(tend to go off subject)

[iKwak]

Everything requires time and within that time, depending on how you spend your time, your experience builds up.
But I think stefan covered it.

[evo4ever]

I started learning compiled languages before scripting languages. Thats the best way to do it. If your a PHP programmer going into C or C++ your gonna have a bit of a struggle! But if its the other way round then its no problem. I've been professionally programming for 15 years, and being honest, the only language I don't know, or very limited on knowledge is Assembler. I hate to boast but there nothing I can't do in programming. If your as enthusiastic as me in Software Engineering then it won't take long for you to learn a new language. Again... It all depends on your enthusiasm.