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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Need help determining job market of MS-DOS programming
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Date: 26 Mar 91 13:53:28 GMT
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I am going to be looking for a job pretty soon as an MS-DOS programmer.  I
have a lot of experience, but unfortunately a lot of it is personal
experience, i.e. not classroom or company experience (when was the last
time YOU saw DOS4096 -- Advanced Interrupt Programming in DOS?).

What I am wondering is whether I should continue pursuing a degree in this
rather disgusting CIS programming at the University of Florida or whether I
should just hit the job market.  Thus....

1.  What is the state of the market in regards for MS-DOS programmers?
Assume capable enough to program in MSC or TC, BC++ and some 80x86
assembly.

2.  What are the average pay scales available?

3.  How important or useful is a Master's Degree?

4.  Finally, are there any good colleges out there that teach useful
microcomputer and/or state of the art computing?  I want to learn UNIX,
X-windows, MS-Windows, advanced graphics programming (modeling and
rendering), PHIGS, and OS/2 programming, and would like to concentrate my
studies in that area.  Unfortunately, the wonderful University of Florida's
abysmal CIS program concentrates on VAX Fortran/Pascal/Cobol which is of no
use to me in the "real" world.  They just STARTED teaching C this semester!

Thanks for any replies,

Brian