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- From: eedin@chatlink.com (Eric Edin)
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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
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- Date: 27 Mar 1996 03:29:51 GMT
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- Mark VanTassel (mvantassel@teambca.com) wrote:
- : 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)
-
- As an Engineer, I cringe at the statements above. While many problems
- can be solved acceptably without math, you will find a good background
- in math will at times save you several 16 hour days.. and lots of
- complaints from customers when your program starts blowing up because of
- an unstable equation used in your software.
- Breaking a problem from one big sucker to a bunch of little suckers can
- take quite a lot of math.
- Eric
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