Re: Am I Wasting My Time?

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From: UAError (null_at_null.null)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:59:16 -0500

"Grant" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Quite frankly, you're wasting time more with learning VB6
>than learning programming.
>
>Learn VB.NET rather.

Alternately, depending on your skill level,
you may want to give this a go (no insult intended):

Programming in the Key of C#: A Primer for Aspiring Programmers
Author Charles Petzold
Pages 432
Level Beginner
Published 08/06/2003
ISBN 0-7356-1800-3

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735618003
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6261.asp

>
>Companies cycle through outsourcing and in-house
>development every few years. There are advantages and
>disadvantages to both and which option a particular
>company goes with is largely decided by the opinion of
>that company's CIO. And when a new CIO gets appointed,
>the stance changes in accordance with the new CIO's
>opinions.
>
>/my 20 cents
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm studying VB6 in hopes of becoming a programmer. But
>I keep hearing all this stuff about employers going
>with "outsourcing", e.g. hiring programmers from India
>who are willing to work dirt cheap? Frankly, it scares
>me. Can anyone advise me about this? If you want to email
>me: gas_33901@yahoo.com -- Thanks, Mick
>>.

And you better love this stuff, because "learning to program"
is only the first step of a journey towards a destination that
is eternally just beyond the horizon.

The fact that "outsourcing" deters you does not bode well...

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