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- From: urquiola@ronin.tiac.net (Michael Urquiola)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: How to break in to Programming?
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:42:15 -0500
- Organization: The Internet Access Company
- Message-ID: <urquiola-1703962142150001@ronin.tiac.net>
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- I appologize if this is not the appropriate newsgroup for this question.
-
- I'm currently in the process of changing carreers, I'm taking night
- graduate courses at a local university with the intent of getting my
- MSCS. Other than the courses I've taken I've got virtually no work
- experience in the computer field. I have a few questions for the
- programmers or commputer professionals out there:
-
- 1) What is the best way to learn not just so I can be employed, but just
- to be good? I've gone through several books, taken a few courses, but am
- still lost by much of what I see in this newsgroup.
-
- 2) Where do I start with employment? What are entry level type jobs that
- someone who's working on an MS can get (I don't have a BSCS)? My ultimate
- goal is to be in software devlopment, I've decided I like code better than
- hardware.
-
- 3) Lastly, what should I learn? I know, as much as I can, but reasonably
- what should I focus on with regard to languages, OS's, GUI's, Data Com?
-
- I know I've asked some open ended questions, If you have some insight into
- just one question I'd be most appreciative of a reply.
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Mike
-