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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 17:30:13 GMT
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- furguson@bln.sel.alcatel.de (Marc Furguson) wrote:
-
- >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.
-
- >--
- >+-----------------+--------------------------+
- >| Mark Ferguson | Alcatel SEL AG Berlin |
- >| | Mobile Comms Division |
- >| aka | Colditzstrasse 34-36 |
- >| Marc Furguson | D 12099 Berlin Germany |
- >+-----------------+--------------------------+
-
- My question for you is, do you LOVE programming? Do you like figuring
- out the solution(s) to a problem and then building that solution? I
- started programming when I was about a junior in h.s. and have
- continued ever since. If you wanna find out (if you are already,
- please forgive me) what sort of programming you enjoy, start making it
- your hobby. You'll end up programming the things you like. Trouble is,
- even though I am a programmer/analyst by profession, I don't really
- program the stuff I really *live for* in the work force. Oh well, some
- day I'll get there!
-
-
-
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