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Subject:Re: Experience VS Ability[how to learn tools] From:Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:37:02 -0700
Buck & Tilly Buchanan wrote:
<snip>
> Great advice, Dan. Tilly and I just finished a course in Developing
> Windows 95 (Pre-req to Microsoft Professional Certification). I'm 67 ...
Whoa, Nelly! I thought I was one of the oldest ones on this group!
It's really nice to meet an "elder statesperson" who is older than me.
I find it interesting that you're recommending people make use of their
local community colleges -- they are an incredibly valuable source of
tips ad instructions on computer tools, I've found. Waaaaaaaay back
when, I took my first true computer course at the local community
college, mostly out of a desire to understand what my then-husband (a
programmer working at Edwards AFB) was talking about. Halfway through
the course HIS boss offered me a job. (I declined, but that's another
story.)
Elna Tymes
Los Trancos Systems
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