On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:20:27 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> 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

back the there seemed to be a lot of english majors and musicians kinda
falling into it. an honest living for a change.

your pal,
blake