I'm being asked to take a couple of Brainbench tests and for the last few years I've had a hard time remembering all the syntax. I feel like a mouse on a wheel and my brain is just getting tired of constantly learning all this new crap just to make Microsoft more money. When I code I have no problem quickly looking up things that I don't know, but how can I compete with young people who have no problem remembering all those little things (I remember the days, it wasn't that long ago... only 3 kids ago).
I mentioned my memory problems to the doctor and he acted like I'm a hypochondriac. That's what you get when your crappy insurance won't let you choose a decent doctor.
2007-08-20 08:51:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
"they" say fish oil (Omega 3 fatty acid) helps with memory functions.
i am exactly the same. i've been this way forever, not just losing it due to age (i'm 40.) i simply don't apply a lot of my "RAM" to remembering something i can look up in 10 seconds, and yes it has hurt me in job interviews and "brainbench" type tests.
i simply move on to a company that values an engineer that can "find" the answer quickly and can think outside the box and develop creative solutions rather than committing obscure syntax to memory. i am happy to write a code block that "does something" or solves some unique problem, but regurgitating the syntax for the ADDDATE() SQL function off the top of my head is simply not a test of my abilities, and i scorn those who resort to those types of questions.
good luck.
2007-08-20 10:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by Wyatt 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just did four certifications at Brainbench. Unless your employer is imposing "extra" rules, the only constraint Bb puts on your testing is that you can't have other people give you the answers. Text resources are perfectly acceptable - nobody carries everything in his head.
Note that the format of the certs I took in CSS, JS, DHTML, and JSP were all forty questions with a three-minute deadline per question. Three minutes is plenty of time to look up anything you don't quite remember exactly, if you know the subject and your text resources.
I'm 50.
2007-08-20 17:25:25 · answer #2 · answered by richarduie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
56, here, back to one-card-tray Operating Systems!
Don't worry about it, pard. If you could keep up, things wouldn't keep changing! There's more people changing things (and thus more brains available) than your one brain (or my one brain, especially mine) is capable of containing. We can't hope to keep beyond it.
Just keep books near to hand as you always have. Through my mainframe days I never managed to memorize System/370 Principles of Operation. Did you? Go figger!
Manual always at hand.
Same now. Keep a javascript manual at the right, an HTML manual at the left, and a CSS manual at the center, and keep your Bookmarks well-filled and indexed. That's what the web's for. Relax and enjoy.
2007-08-20 19:05:24 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fitness and diet.
I'm 54 going on 25.
Can do anything a 24 yr old can, only better with more experience.
And you can to.
d;o)
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2007-08-20 15:58:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋