{"id":36,"date":"2011-09-08T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/08\/do-not-get-boxed"},"modified":"2011-09-08T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:30:00","slug":"do-not-get-boxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/do-not-get-boxed\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Get Boxed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a developer, it is important to look around and experience new things, as it helps you to stay sharp and marketable. This doesn&#8217;t mean that you need to quit your job. \u00a0Just do not get boxed in as single purpose developer.<\/p>\n<p>It is important not to be just a developer of one kind. Do not just be a PHP Developer, DotNet Developer, or a SQL Developer. Strive to be more than what you are currently doing.<\/p>\n<p>As an example;\u00a0when I was just starting out as a developer I had two unique jobs. First job was a Visual COBOL Developer and the second job was a Factory Automation Integrator specializing in database and Visual Basic integrations to Allen-Bradley PLC. If I had allowed myself to be boxed into either one of these developer types, I would not have had the opportunities to do more. With the Factory Automation Integrator, I would probably be pumping gas as the firms I used to work for and see around are mostly gone now and who the heck is using Visual COBOL anymore?<\/p>\n<p>As a Web Developer working for a web development firm, you may be asked by a customer to do a mobile application or a windows application to complement their other work you may have done.<\/p>\n<p>I strive every day to learn something new. I learn it until I know it well enough to be productive. 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