Comments by "Ton Bong" (@tongobong1) on "Travis Media" channel.

Where do you get stuck? You should divide the problem into several small problems - steps and solve them one by one and test each of them on the way. That way programming is quite easy. You also shouldn't think much about the design of the program. Just do it and then you will refactor and redesign it to make it more clean after you have workable solution.
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@ph5915 I propose that you just set yourself a goal to create some kind of a rather simple app in python. Maybe you can create simple calculator app or simple game... The 1. step is to create a window and then 2. add some buttons and then 3. some code to run when you press buttons. To complete each step you can find tutorials, examples and documents online. The best way to learn is to build something useful or fun because then you learn stuff that you really need to learn at that moment to complete the next step. This is how you become the real programmer and not just a guy that is learning all the "theory" yet he doesn't know how to use it in practice.
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@Yavin4 yes but as a programmer I can tell you that being good at office politics is more important than being good at programming unfortunately.
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@hiphopcompilations no. It is because there are so many experienced developers searching for a job right now. My friend is even more experienced than me and he speaks German almost like native Germans yet after sending around 300 applications he didn't get a job offer. He got around 10 job interviews.
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Yes but this is a part of the AI consultant job to advice them how to collect good data.
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I have 20+ years of experience in some of the biggest companies as a software developer and I got just 1 short job interview after sending more than 100 applications. I got about 10 phone calls from recruiters that were quite excited about my low hourly rate that is lower than half the average in Germany where I am trying to get the job yet I couldn't get the interviews. It is crazy hard to get a job here in central Europe.
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@RainerAppel Yes today media is full of lies... I was frustrated by reading so many stories about the lack of programmers while I have a really hard time getting a job and I have 20+ programming experience and I am prepared to work for well below the average salary in the IT industry. The truth is there was never a shortage of programmers even in better times for us. Today there is a huge oversupply. So the question is why is media spreading the lie about the lack of programmers? I finally found the answer: the lie is good for business. Customers believe that it is hard to get programmers especially good programmers so they pay more to software companies - much more. This is why software companies are financing media to spread the lie. Unfortunately programmers don't get much out of inflated prices. Profits are kept by software companies. Quite often programmers get only 20% or even less from what is customer paying for them to the software company - the employer of programmers.
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Hey why do we need a scrum master for?
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