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- From: jdonovn@ix.netcom.com (Joe Donovan)
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:18:00 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- Stuart.Johnston@Chrysalis.org wrote:
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- > I am currently a Junior in High School and have been
- >considering becoming a Systems Programmer/Analyst. I've read books
- >about it but I would like to get some first hand information from real
- >people with experience in this field. General information, including
- >job responsibilities, education needed, and salary would be
- >appreciated. I am specifically wondering about how much math I would
- >need. I don't really like to do math but I am fairly good at it.
- >Many people say that to be a programmer, you need a lot of math
- >skills, but I wonder if that is true. I'd like to know specifically
- >what type of math is used and how it is applied.
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- > Anyone who has any information that might be useful to me, no
- >matter how little, please respond. I will greatly appreciate your
- >sharing your experience and knowledge with me.
-
- My two cents,
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- How much Math?
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- Algebra, Algebra, and Algebra
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- Programming is about variables.
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- Solving for X.
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- What about English?
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- Do you need it?
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- Diagraming sentences - I use to hate it
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- Understanding language syntax is much more important than
- how much math is needed.
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- Joe
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