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| Subject: | RE: GISList: What to do? Internet or database. |
| Date: |
08/15/2001 12:36:13 PM |
| From: |
Hamilton, Jeffrey |
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My 2 cents. Go for the database/programming side. E-commerce
appears to be oversold--witness the downfall of many recent
e-commerce sites (pets.com, webvan.com, etc.) and the near
death of others such as Amazon. The internet and databases
are here to stay. May not be as sexy, but likely to be more
financially productive.
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Murray [mailto:allison_ross@sympatico.ca\
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:15 AM
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: GISList: What to do? Internet or database.
Dear Listers:
I need your support to further my education. Please send $100 in
small bills to the address below. IF this is not possible, please
e-mail your "two-cents" to the address above concerning the following.
I will attempt to be brief.
I obtained a bachelors degree in mathematics, concentrating on
statistics. Later, I spent two years in community college here in
Ottawa learning GIS technology. My job experiences include twelve years
in the army (full-time and part-time) and four years as assistant
manager of a warehouse trading in automotive parts. The last employment
for which I received financial consideration was writing for the
Smithsonian Institution. It is now two years since that employment and
my attempts to find work either as a technician or as a freelance writer
have borne little encouragement.
I am considering taking a fast-track computer course to better my
prospects within and without the GIS community. One programme offers
comprehensive training as a programmer specialising in databases: VB,
Java, Oracle in all their glory. The other is in E-business: i-Net+,
Java, Perl, XML, Visual Studio.NET, a bit of Oracle. Both also deal with
un-technicals (?) like theory, teamwork, management issues, blah, blah.
QUESTION: If it were you, which programme would you take and why? What
of their futures? Who does these types of things and what are the cool
kids learning?
Humbly, I await your comments.
--
Ross Murray
40 The Driveway
Ottawa, ON. K2P 2C9 Canada
allison_ross@sympatico.ca
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