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Subject:Re: Background From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:31:06 -0800
Don Sargent said:
> One of our minimum qualifications for the Sr. Technical Writer position
> is coursework in a programming language such as PASCAL, C, or C++.
I don't really have a suggestion for you, Don, but this brings up
something that I'm wondering about. I'm taking a course in C this
semester, probably C++ next semester. Are two courses going to make a
difference in my marketability?
