Ot what jobs are there for a b in arts degree?
On 9/9/19 10:27 am, rbowman wrote:
On 09/08/2019 02:06 PM, dpb wrote:
I (as probably 75%+ if not higher) had a very vague idea of what I
thought would be a kewl thing to do, but that didn't work out...where I
ended up had very little bearing on where I started; what I learned
later I really enjoyed (and was good at) I didn't even know existed as
an undergrad student or for several years later...
My first introduction to programming in college involved FORTRAN IV and
punch cards. I thought it sucked. Even then is was more 'here's a tool
you guys will probably use like a glorified slide rule' rather than a
separate discipline. A couple of my friends who did like it dropped out
and got jobs. Formal education wasn't moving fast enough for them.
It took about ten years before I started doing assembler programming for
the microcontrollers that were infiltrating industry. I enjoyed it and
still do. I certainly didn't plan that as a career.
I certainly didn't plan to get into education, that is for sure. I
wanted to do engineering. That pathway was blocked so I went into the
trades instead. Eventually managed to get into Uni in my late 20s but
still not in engineering - instead a career in technical education.
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Xeno
Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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