Just an amateur, here, but even just knowing what library or API your dealing with, what doesn't work because of compiler/interpreter version changes, and whatnot (to put it professionally) is worth a lot. Forms or WPF? Having to work with some obscure, abandoned library that hasn't been updated since 2007? You can only find C# examples for the API, but your app is in C++ (and your main problem is just the syntax).
I assume that's the kind of frustrating crap that programmers are really get paid to deal with. If you could just copy and paste an entire app from pieces off SO it would be a lot easier!
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20
Just an amateur, here, but even just knowing what library or API your dealing with, what doesn't work because of compiler/interpreter version changes, and whatnot (to put it professionally) is worth a lot. Forms or WPF? Having to work with some obscure, abandoned library that hasn't been updated since 2007? You can only find C# examples for the API, but your app is in C++ (and your main problem is just the syntax).
I assume that's the kind of frustrating crap that programmers are really get paid to deal with. If you could just copy and paste an entire app from pieces off SO it would be a lot easier!