On Aug 22, 1:21*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> 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

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University of Mary 1973