R. Scott Belford wrote:
Thanks for the info and resources, Wayne. This is helpful. I know that in my
Business Undergraduate, the process of building spreadsheets for decision
analysis was very akin to programming. This made quite an impression on me;
I'll work a bit harder to have our schools appreciate the value of this
knowledge.
Thanks for the feedback. A friend of mine who has a CompSci PhD from
"the" Carnegie-Mellon U was laid off a couple years ago, because his job
was outsourced to India. Last year, he was asked whether he would be
interested in working in China for half of his previous pay. OTOH, I
know quite a few people in the DC/Maryland area who are making
six-figure salaries doing lowly and nothing-glory VB programing. In
many situations, it's not the level of skill that keeps your job.
Rather, it's the demand (& requirement for face-to-face interactions, to
keep your job from being outsourced) that does.
The reason I brought up the issue of StarBasis was, I am helping Judge
Kurren (of Hawaii federal district court) to try to develop a
Linux-based (or other Microsoft Windows alternatives) system to allow
Hawaii attorneys to utilize the electronic filing system that is being
implemented in Hawaii (as well as running other law office chores). So
far, there has been no progress. StarBasic is the most important tool
for office automation for non-Microsoft Windows based systems. If you
can gather a number of willing learners, I will be more than happy to
work with them/you next year. Wayne
--
W. Wayne Liauh, Ph.D., J.D.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
