Hi Folks,
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Or Botton 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?
Garry wrote:
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> 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.
> 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, you hit that right on the head. I went through the same sort
of thing, and it just opens up your thinking in so many other ways.
Or, just do it. I started with BASIC and went on from that. Pick
whatever language takes your fancy, and just do it.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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