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<DIV><FONT face=Sylfaen>You guys are fantastic - Thank you all very much for
your excellent responses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=JHammerschmitt@federatedinv.com
href="mailto:JHammerschmitt@federatedinv.com">Hammerschmitt, Jacob</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=wplug@wplug.org
href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org">General user list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [wplug] Software Development
Career</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It looks like a
pretty good program, not necessarily the sequence of the classes but the
curriculum in general looks pretty solid. I went through something
similar at CCAC and benefited from it greatly. Just about all of the
credits will transfer to any state funded school in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pennsylvania</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (as long as they fit
into the program of study), and if you decide programming isn’t the thing for
you at least you won’t find yourself $80,000 in debt. The teachers there
are as good as anywhere…if not better in some cases. And, when I
attended, their equipment was top of the line.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I actually just left
my job in Higher Ed for a programming job in the financial industry.
While employed at ‘The University’, I’d still refer people to CCAC before
shelling out the big bucks.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Good
Luck!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">~Jake</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
wplug-bounces+jhammerschmitt=federatedinv.com@wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+jhammerschmitt=federatedinv.com@wplug.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Ian Robertson<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:30
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
wplug@wplug.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[wplug] Software Development Career</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Sylfaen size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen">Disclaimer: I apologize that
this request is not specific to WPLUG or Linux but my access to local experts
is limited. I believe many of you may have the answers to these
questions...</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Sylfaen size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen">Greetings, good
people,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Sylfaen size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen">I was wondering if any of you
folks had an opinion on county certificate programs such as the one referenced
below.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Sylfaen size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen"><A
href="http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=138640">http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=138640</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Sylfaen size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Sylfaen">I have a pipe dream of
becoming a salaried software developer but as a new father and
husband my options are limited...</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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