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Old 08-08-2007, 01:53 PM  
Libertine
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Originally Posted by Egomancer View Post
Because there is no real challenge in ERPs and CRMs - and before jumping with a stupid comment you should know that I have worked on this kind of stuff for like 2 years. They are huge - the ERPs at least, that is for sure, but huge does not mean complicated or they do not pose a challenge once you know them. Consequently they are no "real" projects after my definition.

You are correct - in the end the "real" programming is the one that brings you food on the table...

Egomancer
The basic functions aren't a challenge, true.

It becomes fun when the program starts analyzing statistics, and starts learning from existing statistics to make predictions on new/potential clients and accounts.

It's the same with seemingly simple things, such as serving ads on webpages. The basics are mindnumbingly boring, but I can assure you that the technology behind something like adsense is extremely interesting.
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