Debugging

How marketable, am I ??. That's question that constantly flashes in my mind and so in many other developers too. Being in the volatile intellectual world, requires each of us to be on constant move. "The Vociferous will survive".

To answer my question, I feel only the programming skills alone wont pay you forever. Each of us, have to build the knowledge - application skills, abstract problem solving skills and develop into a troubleshooter rather than a "passive - geeky - thick spectacled" programmer.

Debugging skills should be part of every developer's armor. Troubleshooting software systems can quite be complex task and mastering them can make u, your manager's favorite.

Well, my set of debuggers include dbx, gdb and host of tools from sysinternals.

I read a joke sometime back. It said a good pretence is sufficient to get over any interviews. Meaning: Though I do not really have a good knowledge of some topic, my selection in the interview depends how good I pretend in the interview.

You will find hundreds of such pretenders (read predators) as your colleagues, seniors and even friends. I dont try to sicken our confidence, but try to understand our obnoxious world.

Your trouble-shooting skills can help you stand above them. Hone ( read: own) them.

Well, what is Google doing these days???. They are into building "Amazing marketable service"