Doctor's chance to code.

[phx]

I am a medical science student but still very interested in computers. Yes I know i will be a doctor but i still love to learn coding .
As i was a child i had more time so i learned some assembler on my amiga. And coded very small demos.
Time passed and computer languages got complicated. I learned biology , pharma etc not Calculus.
So I know those Medical Doctors are not smart people but do i still have a chance to learn some more code to do some hobby programming ?
By the way as i can remember two builders of Amiga where doctors.

[Galen_of_Edgewood]

phx, I don't think that you'll have much of a problem with learning many of these languages if you can understand assembly.

Go for it, mon ami!

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[Adisharr]

Originally posted by phx:
I am a medical science student but still very interested in computers. Yes I know i will be a doctor but i still love to learn coding .
As i was a child i had more time so i learned some assembler on my amiga. And coded very small demos.
Time passed and computer languages got complicated. I learned biology , pharma etc not Calculus.
So I know those Medical Doctors are not smart people but do i still have a chance to learn some more code to do some hobby programming ?
By the way as i can remember two builders of Amiga where doctors.

I wouldn't say that medical doctors aren't smart people. I'm sure it's not easy getting through all that schooling..



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[phx]

Yes some doctors are smart some are not. But i am sure they are not smart as mathematicians , Phisicians or engineers.

[Klashe]

Originally posted by phx:
Yes some doctors are smart some are not. But i am sure they are not smart as mathematicians , Phisicians or engineers.

what i'd suggest is to give Visual Basic a try. It's a good beginners language ( a very what you see is what you get kind of language) and you really get a feel for where programming has gone since you last done it.
Then move on to something like C or C++.
Oh, and if people come on this thread and say "Don't try Visual Basic because blah blah blah", don't listen to them. Honestly, if you jump right into C or C++ without any kind of simple background, you might get overwhelmed and discouraged.
Hope this helps

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[Adisharr]

Originally posted by phx:
Yes some doctors are smart some are not. But i am sure they are not smart as mathematicians , Phisicians or engineers.

You haven't conversed with the engineers I talk to then...



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[phx]

Yes not all engineers are creative.
Well for me the biggest problem is Math. I need a some kind of basic math for coding. Years ago there was a text for Amiga which teachs that . But i searched the , but i could not find a similar thing.
I am learning Delphi now. I find it very easy to use. When we had Amiga , coding in assembler , programming similar things would take months. and other months to find out bugs.

[sgentry6]

I just started coding in college, had no prior experience with any computer language, unless you count HTML. I personally don't. I had done a little programming on my calculator, but that is in basic. First language we are learning at school is C++, so far I haven't found it to complicated, even without experience.

[phx]

For me assembler was easy those days. I knew what was going on.
I could not find a source for Visual c++. There are books on C++. and they are easy but .Visual C++ is the problem . Does any of you know a web site for this.

[slipgun]

Originally posted by phx:
Yes some doctors are smart some are not. But i am sure they are not smart as mathematicians , Phisicians or engineers.

But they save lives! Ask that matematician of yours to try doing that

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[dighn]

Originally posted by phx:
Yes some doctors are smart some are not. But i am sure they are not smart as mathematicians , Phisicians or engineers.

i think you mean physicists... because physicians are doctors i think...

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[babbles]

You sound kinda confused for a med student; I know for my B.S. in Biology I had to take calculus and many of my peers took even two or three semesters of calculus.

Being a medical science student, I am sure you have heard of BioInformatics. There are only a few programs in the country and those are all Ph.D. programs (I believe). That sounds like that would be the perfect solution for you; writing code and science.
I live in North Texas and I know UT Southwestern has a MD/PhD Bioinformatics programs, and Texas A&M has a BioInformatics (PhD I think). Anyhow, they are in big demand and are getting paid obscene amounts of money to do database work with genetics.

Do a yahoo search on Bioinformatics and you will get enough info

[Snoop Dogg]

How old are you sir?

I am 16 and into computers since 12-13 and interested in programming for a year now just haven't started. As far as programming is concered I believe that they are supposed to be *EASIER* only thing is there are maybe hundreds of dif. languages out there from Big, Small, Known, Unknown, Powerful, Weak, ect. that make it seem like its hard but I think that the olden days like Assembly was hard.

This probably didn't help you but just wanted to give you the 411 on that...


BTW "WORLDS YOUNGEST PROGRAMMER" is 13 and has mastered C++, Java, BASIC, Assembly and Perl...just so you know it is in the 2001 Worlds Genuess book of records (Spelled wrong).

[Easyride]

I consider Java an excellent language for beginners. It's not as overwhelming as C++, but similar enough to make a transition rather painless. Visual Basic is king for making small programs quickly and easily, though.

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