>>>Heh, what is it when VFP programmers and engineering? I was in electrical engineering. Go figure :).
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>>>Michael G. Emmons
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>>Don't know, but I sure know a LOT of us that started in engineering. I think it has to do with the way our minds work. I used to say logically a to b to c, but now we're into OOP :-)
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>>Barbara
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>Now I'm surrounded by engineers for the first time ever. It's a pretty straight environment compared to software or science. So I know where all of you would have ended up if you had stayed. You might have had to come and go at precise hours and wear a tie.
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>I think that, in the US, a lot of people end up programming because it's expanding, unlike the prospects for work related to science or defense (my current programming work for a defense contractor notwithstanding).

*I* think we all ended up in programming rather than engineering because we were all just slightly twisted. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Besides, I absolutely HATE wearing a tie (Ouch! dangit i KNOW better than to try that at MY age!)

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