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- From: Bradd W. Szonye <bradds@ix.netcom.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: RE: Need Professional advice (by a beginner)
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 10:01:01 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- On Monday, April 08, 1996, Bruce Klaydman wrote...
- > Need Professional advice (by a beginner).
- > I want to be a professional programmer my question is
- > can I do it on my own (without taking any courses) ?
- > If so what books should I read, what language(s) should I study
- > (should it be C or C++, or both)?
- >
- > Thank you.
- >
- > Bruce.
- >
-
- It's definitely *possible*, depending on how old you are and whether you
- think you might have a talent for it. The main problem is most companies
- right now want a bachelor's degree (in anything) and a couple years
- programming experience.
-
- I was a professional programmer before I went to college; however, I had
- also been programming for seven or eight years at that point.
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