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From: enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Need help determining the job market alright!
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.092533.6991@topaz.ucq.edu.au>
Date: 27 Mar 91 00:25:58 GMT
References: <27664@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Organization: University College of Central Queensland, Australia
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In article <27664@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes

> 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 ...

I really feel I should reply to this one. 
[flame on]
An MSDOS programmer hmm? Writen some fancy batch files in our time have we?
Seriously, if you had any decent amount of experience you would be doing some
part time work somewhere using your "personal" experience. It's been my
"personal" experience that some people have a rather sheltered view of the REAL
world as far the computer industry is concerned.

> ... 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!

Oh yes, those are useless languages aren't they? And a VAX! My what a worthless
machine. Fortran has been the principle language used by Engineers for more
years than I've been around. It is still used extensively. ANY pascal course
will teach the basics of programming. Sure you can't switch on your handy BGI
unit and develop none standard code, but we can't have everything. COBOL is
probably the most used language in any business environment. Get the idea?

Our college only started teaching 'C' this year, but then they have to go
through a learning curve as well, and they also have to determine whether it
has any large acceptance by the programming community.

I suggest you do your studies like a good little fellow; swallow your big ego,
and learn were programming started before you start making a career in
programming.

[flame off]

I am a student in my final year of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing.

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Peter Enzerink                                       ENZERINKP@TOPAZ.UCQ.EDU.AU
University College of Central Queensland