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Steven Cote
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 Posted - 2007-01-18 : 11:08:28
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Hello:I've had a fairly long career as an civil engineer and I've programmed in several languages. What I've done most recently is VB.Net, mostly additions to CAD applications. I realy wanted to get out of the engineering world and become just a programmer. What I'm finding so far is that just being able to write VB code is not enough. Everytime I apply somewhere I'm told they realy need someone with strong SQL server skills. Apart from the basics like using Databases in GIS applications and doing very basic Ad Hoc Querys I realized I realy need to know SQL. I've aquired SQL 2005 Express and having fun playing with it. Realy cool, didn't know it was such a large knowledge base.Could someone point me in the right direction?What are people looking for, for a skill set?Were's the Money?Thanx Steve C.Steven Cote |
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SwePeso
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Steven Cote
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Posted - 2007-01-18 : 11:35:15
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| Thanx Mr. Larsson. That Helps. I was thinking of getting some kind of certification. But I'd realy like to be more of a coder and less of an IT guy.I like buiding things more than fixing them :)Steven Cote |
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