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Subject: Top ten reasons to go into computers!
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Top ten reasons to go into computers:

1. It's ten times more fun than being a doctor, a lawyer, a dentist, or 
   an accountant.
2. Starting salaries average $7,000 more than that of the accountant.
3. Technology is always changing. No more boring, uninteresting jobs!
4. Bad bosses can be put in their place with a little computer sabotage!
5. It's the only career growing in the 1990s!
6. E-Mail is faster and cheaper than the U.S. Postal Service!
7. Computers don't save work; they just make more work!
8. For men only: You can meet beautiful women by helping with their computer
   problems!
9. There are no exclusionary exams (such as the Bar) required to become a
   programmer; nor is there any special government regulation.
10. Computers are the only commodity whose prices FALL over time!

[space for your reasons below]


>Jon Dunn<
>OS/2 fixes broken Windows!<


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From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (R S Rodgers)
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Subject: Re: Top ten reasons to go into computers!
Date: 27 Mar 1994 22:30:27 GMT
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In article <1994Mar26.142556.1@cubldr.colorado.edu>,
 <dunn_jj@cubldr.colorado.edu> wrote:
>Top ten reasons to go into computers:
>
>1. It's ten times more fun than being a doctor, a lawyer, a dentist, or 
>   an accountant.
	[...]
>10. Computers are the only commodity whose prices FALL over time!

	11.  No need to take a pistol and blow your brains out if you
		haven't made a significant and lauded contribution to the
		science by 35.
	12.  People don't make computer geek jokes (too boring?).  
		"What do you call 10,000 software engineera at the bottom
		of the ocean?"  "A .. er, who cares?"
	13.  You can always give up purity and make money programming in
		Visual Basic.  
	14.  No such thing as pro bono computer work.




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