Re: Jumpstart a programming ability

[Elna Tymes <etymes -at- lts -dot- com>]

John Posada wrote:

> If you weren't a programmer, but you wanted to increase your strength
> as a technical writer by adding a programming ability, what would you
> go for that would satisfy the following conditions:
>
> 1) Make you more attractive as a technical writer in a tough job
> market.
> 2) Can get into without having taken the customary path of
> basic/Cobol/c
> 3) Would actually be of value to those looking at resumes.
> 4) Is not a dead-end and can be leveraged into other ares.
>
> I'm thinking maybe Java? Visual Basic?

John -

It has been a while for you, hasn't it?  COBOL is an all but dead language, and
BASIC is something they teach in elementary school.  C and C++ are viable
options, as are Java and Visual Basic.  I can tell you that with C/C++ and Java
on our resumes, we get a lot more interest than if we didn't have them.  We
happen not to speak Visual Basic but it hasn't been an issue for us, ever.

Elna Tymes
Los Trancos Systems


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