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- From: Mark VanTassel <mvantassel@teambca.com>
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 17:56:17 -0500
- Organization: Barfield, Cauthen and Associates
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- Damond Walker wrote:
- >
- > The 'math' requirement is a sham for the most part. The only way
- > mathmatics has applied to my job is in the area of logically breaking down a
- > problem from one big sucker, to a bunch of little suckers.
-
- Agreed - I rarely do more than add (and when I do, I've almost always got several
- $5000.00 calculators on my desk)
-
- > almost anything in any language. For now, pick one, learn it 110% and the rest
- > is downhill from there ('cuz there are only so many ways you can write an IF
- > statement).
-
- I'd recommend learning at least two languages - with the first, you can't really tell
- what's "programming" and what's just "language X". I didn't really understand my first
- language until I learned my second.
-