Comment Re:Is she cute? (Score 1) 909
> Besides, I don't have the patience for coding outside a classroom environment where I have a very strict set of instructions on what the program should do and what mechanisms you need to use to implement it.
What you are talking about is requirements, the essence of the world of contracting/consulting. If you sit down and write down a list of requirements and then start designing a little, the mechanisms you need to implement it start floating to the surface.
For instance, a program you might write for home use is an application that tracks all your online accounts at financial institutions. (I know this service exists at many places).
Requirement 1 - Be able to view the balance and last 5 transactions at every account that has online access.
Requirement 2 - Be able to click a button and automatically go to the account on line and not have to log in (pay a bill, make a transfer).
Requirement 3 - Download the account history into a local history.
Before you know it you just wrote Quicken.
What you are talking about is requirements, the essence of the world of contracting/consulting. If you sit down and write down a list of requirements and then start designing a little, the mechanisms you need to implement it start floating to the surface.
For instance, a program you might write for home use is an application that tracks all your online accounts at financial institutions. (I know this service exists at many places).
Requirement 1 - Be able to view the balance and last 5 transactions at every account that has online access.
Requirement 2 - Be able to click a button and automatically go to the account on line and not have to log in (pay a bill, make a transfer).
Requirement 3 - Download the account history into a local history.
Before you know it you just wrote Quicken.
