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Comment Marketability (Score 1) 433

by General Cluster (#42422457) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: CS Degree While Working Full Time?

If you are concerned about your marketability, then put yourself on the market. Find out. Interview with some technical recruiters, or send your resume in for a few programming jobs. (You should have a few good recruiters in your network anyway -- the good ones are helpful). You don't have to actually accept the job unless it is better than what you currently do (yes, you need to be discreet about this with your current employer).

Employers are looking for people that can solve their business problems. They need people that can design, build and maintain their systems. The most convincing proof that you can do that is to have a track record of having done that before. Some employers may dismiss you, but it will be nowhere near 95%.

If the degree is a personal goal of yours, then go for it. But if it isn't, and you are just concerned about marketability, then I would make sure that the degree will indeed help with that. Also, keep in mind that careers take unexpected twists and may take you away from coding in years to come.
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UK Anti-Piracy Law Survives Court Challenge 47

Posted by Soulskill from the just-setting-up-a-more-dramatic-fall dept.
Grumbleduke writes "The UK's controversial Digital Economy Act survived its second court challenge today. Two ISPs had appealed last year's ruling that the measures included did not breach EU law and, for the most part, the Court of Appeal agreed, ruling in favor of the Government and the 10 unions and industry groups supporting the law in court. The decision was welcomed by the industry groups, but criticized by the UK's Pirate Party, whose leader pointed to the lack of evidence that the law would have any positive effects. A UK copyright specialist noted that the ISPs may still appeal the decision to the UK's Supreme Court, seeking a reference to the Courts of Justice of the European Union, and wondered if the law could now attract the same attention from the Internet as SOPA and ACTA. The law is still some way from being implemented, and the first notifications are not expected to be sent to alleged file-sharers before 2013, and the next steps could also be open to a legal challenge."

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