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From: rickers@drexel.UUCP (Rick Wargo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac programmers shortage?
Message-ID: <534@drexel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 17:07:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  2 17:07:09 1987
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Summary: Defining a *good* mac programmer

In article <2280@mulga.oz>, jteh@mulga.oz (J.T. Teh) writes:
> In article <518@drexel.UUCP>, rickers@drexel.UUCP (Rick Wargo) writes:
> > It is difficult to find *good* mac programmers.  
> > 
> > 						Rickers
> > 						..!drexel!rickers
> 
> What would you define as a *good* mac programmer? 
>  
> J.T. Teh
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Without sounding too vane, a good mac programmer is someone who wants
to devote much of their time to learning the mac.  I was able to
master the Apple ][ in high school, learning all of the in's and out's
of the machine.  This was not too difficult because the Apple ][ is
not as complicated as the Mac.  The Mac just has so many features that
it take dedication and devotion to produce good quality software.
So, I guess a *good* mac programmer is one with lts of *dedication*
and *devotion* (not to mention a lot of patience 8-).

Yes, I do consider myself a good mac programmer (or at least used to
be :-).  Today I have not the time to keep up with the Macintosh as
much as I would like and have fallen behind in mability to utilize the
Mac to its fullest potential.

With any luck, though, I have two big jobs that may use the Mac II and
willbe fortunate enough to be able to program the Mac once again!

						Rickers
						..!drexel!rickers