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- From: mzhang@ug.cs.dal.ca (MAONI ZHANG)
- Subject: Re: Help!!! Need advice on career in computers!
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- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 20:20:50 GMT
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- Kashan Akins (kshan@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
- : I am 25 and working in a job that doesn't offer much of a future. I
- : haven't had the money to finish college. I would like to learn a
- : marketable skill in computers to help me get my foot in the door with
- : a company that will help me pay for school. I would like some
- : opinions on a path to take. Someone suggested I learn HTML, which I
- : now have a pretty good grasp of. But with the new "almost WYSIWIG"
- : editors and converters anyone will be able to design their own web
- : pages.
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- : I see many job opportunities for C\C++ programming of which I
- : understand I should learn C first. Please offer advice and
- : suggestions on materials that would explain this arcane language to a
- : beginner.
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- Do you REALLY like programming? If not, it's hard to get into it. IMHO.
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