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Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
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Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:00:33 GMT
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Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
There is an abundance of financial aide to go for higher education.
And, when I hire a new tech-support person, or even a programmer, I hire
based on what I beleive they can do, not what papers they carry.  Learn
to program at community college, get a book on perl from the library,
make yourself educated...it's not anyone else's fault if you don't have
skills.  At least in the US.

A friend of mine became a VP at Chase Manhattan Bank/Chemical Bank with
an AS degree. He built himself up by taking courses when needed, and
just going out and showing that he was capable of doing the job.

--
Frank Filz

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(...) I think that was me. (...) I'll be paying almost $2000 to move in August because I have lots and lots of large things. When I was 19 I moved away from my parents' house - 300 miles for about $20 in gas. Everything I owned fit in my car after (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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