Young/emerging developers: Your opinion is wanted!

[IanIpp]

We have an advertiser who wants to know YOUR opinion, to create better
products for YOU. Please post your opinion here on the below:

1) How old are you? (This survey is targeted to developers 18-30 years
old, please.)
2) What is your biggest frustration/obstacle in succceeding in your
craft (of programming)?
3) Do you think there is a generation gap between emerging developers
(18-30) and older developers from 10+ years ago?
4) Are there any companies that you feel are "trusted" and "cool"?
Are there any companies that you get exicted about their product
launches and you want to work with their products/services?
4b) If you answered "yes" to #4, who are they and what have they done
to succesfully engage and connect with you?
5) If you wanted to earn the heats and minds of emerging developers
and you were a technology company...what would you do?
6) How can a company best connect with you in a social media setting?
Your thoughts and ideas here have no limits. Be creative and crazy!

[rajesh kumar]

1)20 years
2)many new programming languages are emerging....
3)sure because those days people has less facility when compared to
now...
4)yes
5) Nokia,Sony Ericsson since they provide a good and clear user
interface wit much options available....
6)Can have a seperate forum for the users so that they can be able to
share up their ideas......

[rajesh kumar]

1)20 years
2)many new programming languages are emerging....
3)sure because those days people has less facility when compared to
now...
4)yes
5) Nokia,Sony Ericsson since they provide a good and clear user
interface wit much options available....
6)Can have a seperate forum for the users so that they can be able to
share up their ideas......

On Jul 22, 11:56 pm, IanIpp <ian.ippol...@gmail.com> wrote:

[asds]

hi

[CUBE]

#1. 23
#2. I've learned programming through practice. On certain issues
there's not enough information available or source code that entirely
explains the issue. So in summary, I would say the lack of detailed
information. Yes there's a lot of info out there, but some of them
just don't cover the issues I'm faced with.
#3. Definately. Technology changed and the way the new generation of
developers see things are different than 10 years ago. Taking one of
my very first applications I compiled (still used VB 6.0) in 2001 and
comparing it with the way I'm doing things now - there's a major
difference. So yes, there is a gap.
#4. Yes there is. It may sound stupid but Microsoft really excites me.
I started having respect for Microsoft eversince I started using their
IDE's. Utilising technology provided by them (which forms part of any
developer's application (except Apple)) just goes to show you the
endless possibilities we as young and emerging developers have.
Although I'm not using the full packages (still stuck on the Express
editions) I have to say that when new technology becomes available I
go crazy!
#5. If I were the technology company? I would go out of my way to
accommodate such developers. Provide them with what they need and help
them get to where they want to be.
#6. By utilising forums and use social media sites such as Twitter and
Facebook. Let's be honest, I'm a Facebook addict. I log on atleast
once every 2 hours. I've also joined several groups there and through
that they send us updates to beta releases, sneek previews, latest
releases etc. So the best way to grab my attention would be via sites
like Facebook. Not only that but also these type of sites provide
target audiences bigger than traditional targetting methods (radio,
tv, etc..).