Or,
There are many alternatives.
Network engineers, PC technicians, web designers, graphic designers,
systems analysts, business analysts, system administrators, expert in
a particular application (e.g. CAD, WP, spreadsheets, whatever), and
the list goes on.
Some of the above will be easier for someone with programming
experience, but it's not necessarily vital. However, let me address
your second paragraph: "... doesn't seem to have the "feeling" to
be a programmer ..."
Programming is not an emotional exercise. It's really nothing
more than an means of expressing the steps of a desired
process, along with conditions and alternatives, using any one
of several possible sets of words, symbols, and grammars.
It's like learning anything else: you start with the simple stuff
and add to that. It's doesn't matter whether one has the grand
vision of the next killer application or just wants to sort his own
mailing list.
I didn't start programming until I was 31. I've been at it nearly
20 years. I had no artistic flare, no grand vision, no extraordinary
talent. I needed a communications program for telex work, and
nobody had one I could buy. The guy at the store said I needed
assembly language. "Ok, how do I learn that?" "Just buy this
do-it-yourself course." And 29 days later I had a program that
did what I needed.
I didn't know what other languages might do the job. I didn't
know what other operating systems were out there. No one
told me it was supposed to be hard and, like the bumblebee,
which doesn't know it can't fly, I didn't know I couldn't program.
I have some little bits of wisdom relating to how I got where I
am today, and those will be the subject of a separate thread.
Know this: even if you will not program as your primary mode
of support, you need to know how to program. Not in every
language, but in at least one. You need to get good enough
that you could look at a task and know, "I can see how to
approach that; I could do it if I wanted to." Even if you don't.
The benefits transmit to all corners of one's life. Learning to
decompose a problem into its steps and apply logic to solving
it is never a waste of time.
~~ Garry
----- Original Message -----
"Or Botton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is being a programmer is the only recommended course one who
> wishes to work at "hi tech" should follow? What are the other paths
> that one may choose?
>
> News articles, success stories, and talks are mostly around
> programmers. But what are the other options available for those
> who wish to be in the computer field, yet doesn't seem to have the
> "feeling" to be a programmer?
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