You got that right!
My first job: "Here's $10,000 worth of computer time
Learn Fortran" (and 1401 Autocoder)
2nd job: Cobol and 360BAL
3rd Job: Gibson SG Special
4th job: Fortran and Assembler
5th Job: Cobol
6th Job: Martin 000-28 Acoustic, Fender Jazz Bass
Gretch Country Gentleman
7th Job: a Hammer
8th Job: Tongs
9th Job: Cobol
10th Job: Basic
11th Job: Fortran
12th Job: Cobol, Mantis, Dyl-280, dBase
etc. etc. etc.
You never know...
Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Behalf Of Derek Kalweit
>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 9:35 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Another life after VFP thread?
>>
>>
>>> Don't hit me, but I personally believe that the ads and job postings on
>>>
>> the
>>
>>> Internet are not the best indication of the actual work force and what
>>> businesses are using. I work for a company that is within the largest
>>>
>> five
>>
>> Nope, and I have never professed that it did-- it does, however, show
>> at least a significant bit of what I will be facing if I need to find
>> another job... It doesn't matter what businesses are using if they're
>> not hiring ME.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Derek
>>
>>
>
> I believe this is the real meat of the argument rather than what language to
> use. Since I am self-employed I can choose what works best for me. If I
> were to go looking for a job, that would be a different matter. When
> looking for a job - years ago, I looked at what people were using and went
> to school to learn it. I took COBOL and RPG classes at night. When I
> landed my first job it was using Basic.
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Johnson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 623-582-0323
> Fax 623-869-0675
>
>
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