Programmers are young people. How can they keep up with the times?

Programmers are becoming more and more valuable

This year is a big recruiting year for programmers, and the offers given by companies are on average 30% to 50% more than last year. If there is no significant salary increase for older employees, there will be a large-scale serious inversion phenomenon, although the possibility of such self-destruction of the Great Wall is very small.

Just imagine, how can an old employee with much higher technical level and business proficiency endure a rookie whose salary is higher than his own? If you really meet this kind of boss, you may hand in your resignation letter the next day.

PHP programmers are becoming more and more valuable. On the one hand, the social development demand for comprehensive informatization is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is the promotion from government policies. In his spare time while hunting tigers, Xi Jinping also found time to deliver a speech at the first Internet Conference held in Wuzhen; Premier Li Keqiang proposed the concept of "Internet +" during the two sessions, and also promised to reduce Internet and traffic charges for the people. Regardless of whether it is a bubble or not, the programmer profession will be the hottest profession in the next few years, probably no other.

Should we not be too optimistic?

Although the future of money seems bright, computer science students also face two very serious problems. First, technology updates very quickly, and you must maintain a relatively high learning intensity to ensure that you will not be eliminated. Second, for programmers with a professional background, a student who graduated from a technical secondary school or junior college can find a job with a very respectable monthly salary by simply taking an Android or iOS training class. What are the advantages?

We can find the answer to the first question from Teacher Liu Weipeng's "Dark Time" -

Pay attention to the essence of knowledge, which is especially important for programmers. The knowledge of the programmer industry is vast and diverse, and it is always growing and changing. The only way to deal with this problem is: seize the invariants.

A large number of new technologies are actually just a layer of skin, and the supporting technologies behind them are actually things that have not changed for more than ten years. Underlying knowledge will never be outdated; algorithmic data structures will never be outdated; the ability to analyze and solve problems will never be outdated; strong learning ability and strong thirst for knowledge will never be outdated; the way your brain thinks will never be outdated .

When we were in school, we always felt that subjects like "Principles of Computer Composition", "Principles of Compilation", "Algorithms and Data Structures" were useless. We just wanted to start programming as soon as possible and learn some of the latest and trendiest things. . It seems now that I was still too young back then.

For the second question, after reading the answer to the first question, you should probably guess that the answer will be: basic skills.

The more basic things, the more important they are at the end. Programmers who do not understand algorithmic data structures and network basics can only be coders for a lifetime, far from being called software development engineers, let alone responsible for higher-level functions. Just like the top stars in the NBA, when they usually train, they don't find a group of people to play games, but hire professional shooting coaches or physical trainers to hone the most basic shooting movements and practice physical fitness for themselves. The male protagonists of martial arts novels will only let them practice basic skills at the beginning when they meet famous teachers, which shows the importance of the basics.

What’s more important is that the more basic things are, the harder it is to quickly fix them, so it is difficult to make temporary remedies when you realize their importance.

Students should cherish their time in college. Sometimes you might as well try to bite the bullet and force yourself to learn some basic knowledge such as "Computer Network". It will always bring you unexpected things in your future work. Surprises and rewards. Programmers who are already working can also read books such as "Code Encyclopedia" after get off work, learn good coding standards, learn from some previous experiences and lessons, lay a solid foundation, and make themselves future-proof.

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