blake murphy wrote:

> i went to a trade school before getting my programmer gig. it's
> unclear how much that had to do with my hiring, though - they
> (arlington co., va, government) seemed to use IBM's programming
> aptitude test as their screening device at that time. that was in
> the 80's.

I had to take that test to get into programming school, having
graduated from there was good enough to get me employed.

nancy