Stark

you're just jealous i didn't mention your review. i don't find alot of hype in their reviews, and mega titles do not get crazy phraises from them. consider it a balancing force in the universe of game reviews. look at kotor reviews, all consistently 90% -100% from all major sites. Kotor2, which is supposedly similar to kotor, garnered mix reviews (some rate as low as 65%) suddenly. where's the logic of that? true. all true. ps: for balanced reviews, rpgdot is another good source.

yet we're reading totally opposing thoughts in these reviews. some said the writing in kotor 2 is excellent, while others said it's just plain awful. but one thing is consistent: reviewers complained that the ending felt rushed and incomplete, ending with gamers going "huh"? personally i would wait for rpgcodex's review. like them or hate them, their reviews are generally accurate, devoid of hype other reviewers are susceptable to.

good for you. I suppose encoding and decoding algorithms can still be fun. I learned some coding algorithms since I specialized in digital communication in my final year. It can be interesting. for me, I'm having lots of fun coding simulation software (yet my title is not software engineer). But the fact is, most of the software engineers out there are doing very mundane and routine work that does not involve much creativity/inspiration. I know that, because that's what my previous job (2 years of it) entails.

what you're having, thinking in C++, is one good source. I do not specifically have a favourite C++ book on hand, and i usually improvise whenever i need something. the best is start a modestly scaled project and get cracking your skull on it. I got my job as a software programmer during the dot com boom, so even though i was not trained specifically for programming (I graduated an electrical engineer) I did land the job. (BTW I've since moved on into another, more interesting industry.) the situation is alot different now. Go get a degree if u can. it matters. there're tons of graduates from computer science each year. there's no reason why employer employ you over someone who's professionally trained. Sure there're exceptions (you read tons of those on the net), but keep in mind those cases are exceptions, not the norm. I've worked with programmers who're not professionally trained and it's fustrating working with them. I imagine it's the same what my fellow colleagues thought of me when i started out. also, are you sure programming is what u trully enjoy? some of it can be fun, but most of it can be dull, too. you may not be involved in creative algorithm writing (how many industry needs that?) but mundane GUI writing or DB access and stuff like that. The creative part is mostly system designing, hardly the actual coding.

makes for little nice conspiracy but just how does the government cover up all the civilians supposedly died in the first plane? or they make up all the relatives who grief over the loss too? Product of the Cosmos, the link does not work for me either, so i can't comment much. but this (or a similar vid. i wont know since i don't get to watch the one you put up) has been brought up in codex and was soundly disproved later. link