Any further education appeal to you? Maybe a part time qualification if you cant afford to leave full time work, or a full time qual and part time work if you can afford it.
Have you ever considered becoming a Courier? A Courier in Wellington is a pretty good job if you know your way around!
Any further education appeal to you? Maybe a part time qualification if you cant afford to leave full time work, or a full time qual and part time work if you can afford it.
It does appeal. My only issue being that further education would mean I'd be stuck at home for another X amount of years. I'm already 26, and at this rate I'll be living at my parents until I'm 40. It makes me sad. I have various financial obligations with my daughter also, so with the combination of living costs and child costs, further education would mean more debt, less money and being stuck for longer.
There is the weight that, further education could mean a job I want at money that is good. But with this current economy, these are very much "maybes".
If someone has any light to shed on this? Feel free.
I dumped my job at 30 and went back to study. 33 now, almost done with school and have some mint job options in front of me. Best thing ive done tbh.I did this but ended up with the opposite effect so your mileage may vary
I dumped my job at 30 and went back to study. 33 now, almost done with school and have some mint job options in front of me. Best thing ive done tbh.I did this but ended up with the opposite effect so your mileage may vary
Going back to school a little older means you have a little more drive than the average punter. You know what you're there for and you tend to focus and work hard for it. Well thats what ive found anyway.
Depends what you have a passion for tbh, because if you go to another job that's just a job then you'll end up in the same boat
If you don't mind me asking, how was being a plumber body destroying dangerous work?
From what I've seen on job sites, Plumbers are the laziest fucks out there. It seems they let anyone in these days.
Just kidding m8 <3
Studying civil engineering now. Worked as a site engineer/ project manager for a contractor over xmas and just got offered a structural design role at a consultancy through a recommendation by the head of department.
^I shall join the force too ;D thanks to your convincing hahahttp://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9533167/Jedi-still-believe-in-the-Force-despite-census-snub (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9533167/Jedi-still-believe-in-the-Force-despite-census-snub)
Jedi still believe in the Force despite census snub
The force is not with us and nor is the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Census figures released last week have shone fresh light on Kiwis' religious faith but tens of thousands of responses were rejected because they were not deemed legitimate.
Among those considered "out of scope" are Jedi and Pastafarians, who profess to be worshippers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
After a public campaign in 2001, 53,715 people declared themselves as Jedi in the census, and 20,262 did so in 2006.
Wellington Jedi Renee Lee said it "sucked" that Jedi were not recorded as followers of a legitimate religion, particularly given it had more devotees than some more accepted faiths.
"Jedi is definitely a valid thing," she said.
As Pyro mentioned; Web Dev. There are zero startup costs (assuming you have a pc), tons of free resources, and plenty of examples.
It's something you can learn pretty quickly, branch into a server side language, and then take a 6 month diploma.
Entry level software development may set you at around 45-55K depending on your chosen languages
Has anyone had any experance with codecademy.com?
Has anyone had any experance with codecademy.com?
Yep. Was pretty easy to follow.
Would recommend. Just don't know how far it can take you.
Just did the first lesson :D
I'm now a webmaster and can HTML in my sleep.
Hire me - 6 figures and we can talk.
Just did the first lesson :D
I'm now a webmaster and can HTML in my sleep.
Hire me - 6 figures and we can talk.
Just make sure you keep practicing / learning otherwise all your efforts will go down the drain.
FUCKIN' BAZINGAAAAAA. okay i'll stop.
In all seriousness, when I started trying to learn C#, I stopped for a week (I'd probably only been learning for a week too) and my shit memory had forgotten most of what I'd learnt.
And so I gave up
But again, I've got to ask, is plumbing really that dangerous? Or were you just working in some serious industrial sites?
Now make facebook.
March 30, 2012
Client: I want you to make me a facebook.
Me: Do you mean a website facebook’s functionality?
Client: No, just a facebook. I’ve been told having a facebook will help my business.
Me: So you want me to make you a design for your facebook page?
Client: No! Not just a page! Make me a whole facebook.
Me: You can make a facebook account, I’ll assist you with that, and we you can create a page for your business which I will help you design. It’ll appear on Facebook on your customers -
Client: WHO SAID I WANT AN ACCOUNT OR A PAGE, I JUST WANT A FACEBOOK LIKE ALL THE OTHER FACEBOOKS OUT THERE.
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial. Much more dangerous then residential.
Also, the amount of 60 year olds that can hardly walk/breathe after years of the job taking its toll on your body, no thanks...
Just make sure you keep practicing / learning otherwise all your efforts will go down the drain.
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial.
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial. Much more dangerous then residential.
Also, the amount of 60 year olds that can hardly walk/breathe after years of the job taking its toll on your body, no thanks...
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial. Much more dangerous then residential.
Also, the amount of 60 year olds that can hardly walk/breathe after years of the job taking its toll on your body, no thanks...
The only thing you getting from programming is sore wrists.
And coffee stains!!
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial. Much more dangerous then residential.
Also, the amount of 60 year olds that can hardly walk/breathe after years of the job taking its toll on your body, no thanks...
The only thing you getting from programming is sore wrists.
And coffee stains!!
get off your ass and get back on the tools . plumbers up here make a fucking fortune . highest paid of all the trades and even better if you are a gas fitter as well. im averaging about 65 hours a week as a builder and i have to deal with plumbers on a weekly basis . im surprised half them don't turn up on site in a Porsche .....
get off your ass and get back on the tools . plumbers up here make a fucking fortune . highest paid of all the trades and even better if you are a gas fitter as well. im averaging about 65 hours a week as a builder and i have to deal with plumbers on a weekly basis . im surprised half them don't turn up on site in a Porsche .....
I always told welders pocket the most cash among the tradies.
I had my teeth smashed out and a 200KG steel pipe dropped on my knee. Along with all the other accidents I saw happen. I used to work in commercial/industrial. Much more dangerous then residential.
Also, the amount of 60 year olds that can hardly walk/breathe after years of the job taking its toll on your body, no thanks...
The only thing you getting from programming is sore wrists.
And coffee stains!!
And that weird red callus on your mouse hand.
Just did the first lesson :D
I'm now a webmaster and can HTML in my sleep.
Hire me - 6 figures and we can talk.
This is all web developers.
Fucking jesus man. HTML and CSS.
Intense.
For someone who has never played with it/tried actually using it before. Pretty cool though how that all works.
Just remember. Coding isn't hard. It's just logic in a specific syntax. Just gotta stick at it until you're comfortable.
Then you can get into more advanced stuff like patterns, etc. But don't worry about that yet.
Remember, you can reach an element that is a child of another element like this:
div div p { /* Some CSS */ }
where in this case, we'd be grabbing any <p> that is nested somewhere inside a <div> that is nested somewhere inside another <div>. If you want to grab direct children—that is, an element that is directly nested inside another element, with no elements in between—you can use the > symbol, like so:
div > p { /* Some CSS */ }
This only grabs <p>s that are nested directly inside of <div>s; it won't grab any paragraphs that are, say, nested inside lists that are in turn nested inside <div>s.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"/>
<title>Ultimate Text Challenge</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Introduction: Cascading with CSS</p>
<div>
<p>Synopsis: When you set a property of a selector like 'p' to a certain value, that value applies to <em>all</em> p tags.
If, however, you change that same property to a different value for a more specific instance of p,
that change will <em>override</em> the 'general rule'.
</p>
<ul>
<li><p>If you say p { font-family: Garamond}, all 'p's will have the font Garamond.</p></li>
<li><p>BUT if you say li p {font-family: Verdana}, 'p's outside of 'li's will be
in Garamond, and 'p's INSIDE 'li's will be in Verdana.
</p></li>
<li><p>The more specific your selectors are, the higher importance CSS gives to the styling you apply!</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>Summary: Greater specificity makes CSS prioritize that particular styling.</p>
</body>
</html>
/*Add your CSS below!*/
p {
font-family: Garamond;
}
body p {
font-weight: bold;
}
ul li {
color: #000000;
}
li p {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #00000;
}
div p {
color: #7ac5cd;
}
Make all <p> tags have a font-family of Garamond. (Do NOT use the universal selector for this! There's a better way; see the Hint for help.)
Make the introduction paragraph and the summary paragraph have a font-weight of bold (this is a new property for you, but it works just like the others you've learned).
Make the synopsis paragraph have the color #7AC5CD.
Make the paragraphs in the unordered list have the color #000000 and text-decoration underline.
Oops, try again. Did you remember to make the paragraphs inside <li> tags have color #000000;?
li p {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #00000;
I used to teach HTML 5 and CSSJust did the first lesson :D
I'm now a webmaster and can HTML in my sleep.
Hire me - 6 figures and we can talk.
This is all web developers.
That was half my jibe of my suggestion. It doesn't take much to be better than 80% of those already out there.
It requires SIX (6) zeroes. you only have five. When in doubt: Cut and Paste requested variables :)QuoteMake the paragraphs in the unordered list have the color #000000 and text-decoration underline.
The error I get isQuoteOops, try again. Did you remember to make the paragraphs inside <li> tags have color #000000;?
But I thoughtQuoteli p {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #00000;
Was that?
It's still not working :(It is a shortcut method that lets you access the first nested element directly.
i don't understand this > here.
So why would you "div > p" and not just "div p"? It's selecting something inside something, right?
ul li p {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #000000;
}
But that is getting really messy (screenshot is from your original code)
FFS Swindle, you're a plumber not some kind of computer geek.
Only people like Spacemonkey make a decent living doing coding and stuff.
Stick to what you know, or become a drainlayer or something.
You're too fucking dumb to start computating.
Make the introduction paragraph and the summary paragraph have a font-weight of bold
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"/>
<title>Ultimate Text Challenge</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Introduction: Cascading with CSS</p>
<div>
<p>Synopsis: When you set a property of a selector like 'p' to a certain value, that value applies to <em>all</em> p tags.
If, however, you change that same property to a different value for a more specific instance of p,
that change will <em>override</em> the 'general rule'.
</p>
<ul>
<li><p>If you say p { font-family: Garamond}, all 'p's will have the font Garamond.</p></li>
<li><p>BUT if you say li p {font-family: Verdana}, 'p's outside of 'li's will be
in Garamond, and 'p's INSIDE 'li's will be in Verdana.
</p></li>
<li><p>The more specific your selectors are, the higher importance CSS gives to the styling you apply!</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>Summary: Greater specificity makes CSS prioritize that particular styling.</p>
</body>
</html>
*throws macbook out window*This and reddit make me wonder why I am helping you at all
I figure HTML/CSS is a good starting point.
It's still not working :(
i don't understand this > here.
So why would you "div > p" and not just "div p"? It's selecting something inside something, right?
And don't worry, I've taught trained professionals about the more 'advanced' selectors (such as > and + ) before.If anyone told me to use those selectors I would probably punch them for being so fscking stupid
(and the answer is [url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/selectors_child.htm[/url] ([url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/selectors_child.htm[/url]) )
Ahh Twia.PFFFFFF
In the real world they're very helpful. Probably not so useful with Java :P
But you do raise a valid point. If one finds themselves typing out something like
div div > p span strong.ohyeah {...}
Then yeah, selector structure for the CSS document should probably be rearranged to make sense.
Lest one find themselves in an !important life lesson (aka mess).
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And lists everything that's wrong with the internet as supported systems.Web Design is like wearing a good pair of plumbers pants
<img src="NOPE.jpg" alt="wholey fuck nope." />
haha, I know you're trolling, but true fact: wordderp makes my job hard (if I'm forced to use it).
But yeh, web dev (esp. frontend) is a nice cruisy job if you're not braindead.