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- From: furguson@bln.sel.alcatel.de (Marc Furguson)
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
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- Date: 26 Mar 1996 11:49:58 GMT
- Organization: Alcatel SEL AG Berlin
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- Stuart.Johnston@Chrysalis.org wrote:
- > 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.
-
- > 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.
-
- > Sincere thanks,
- > Stuart Johnston
-
- The field is too broad to be able to give a simple answer to this
- question. My last job before this was to perform the analysis and
- design for a research tool for adaptive signal processing techniques.
- This was a rather heavy maths and physics exercise for me! On the other
- hand my current job requires almost no maths at all, but I do wish I
- could speak better German. (Noch ein bier, bitte!)
-
- The best way to approach this is to know your strengths and
- weaknesses. Then you can find your own niche and work to your
- strengths, not feel let down by your weaknesses.
-
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- | Mark Ferguson | Alcatel SEL AG Berlin |
- | | Mobile Comms Division |
- | aka | Colditzstrasse 34-36 |
- | Marc Furguson | D 12099 Berlin Germany |
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