Re: [issues] women in computing article

2000-04-13 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> By "mechanics of information technology" I suspect they mean hardware. I'm not so sure... wouldn't saying "mechanics of information technology and hardware" be redundant, then? > I only understand hardware at a vague, theoretical level. While it's > useful to understand what the hardware is

Re: [issues] women in computing article

2000-04-13 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:16:18 -0500 (CDT), "Jenny Brown (was Gable)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >On top of all that... there was a nearly fanatical focus on algorithm >development and backend systems, completely excluding project >management, web programming, user interfaces, graphics, database >f

Re: [issues] women in computing article

2000-04-13 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:39:43 -0700, Nicole Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Personally, give me quake3 anyday over an RPG... and why shouldn't >programming courses focus on mecahnics of information technology? >*how* information moves and how to make it move is what computer >science is, is i

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread The Cat In The Hat
Where was it?!? One of the problems that I'm running into right now is that I'm in boondocks, Michigan and the good jobs are about 2-3 hours drive from here. I think I may have to move. :) Thanks, CatNTHat -Original Message- From:Ian Hall-Beyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 13

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread skud
On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 05:44:42PM -0500, Alexia Adams wrote: > (Excuse me folks but this is off the topic for a sec) > Kirrily, your name sounds really familiar and caught my eye, did you go to > UNE Armidale by any chance?(Austin college if i remember correctly) (replied to privately) K. --

Re: [issues] women in computing article

2000-04-13 Thread Jenny Brown (was Gable)
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/girls.computer/index.html > > Apparently an AAUW (American Association of University Women) report > indicates that the way programming/computer-oriented courses are taught > is creating a major roadblock

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread Alexia Adams
(Excuse me folks but this is off the topic for a sec) Kirrily, your name sounds really familiar and caught my eye, did you go to UNE Armidale by any chance?(Austin college if i remember correctly) Alex - Original Message - From: "Kirrily 'Skud' Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: ne

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, The Cat In The Hat wrote: My standard policy on resume formats is that if they can't figure out a way to deal with a text resume, then they really aren't that eager to use my skills. Recruiters typically take the resume, print it, and then give it to their client. I intervie

[issues] women in computing article

2000-04-13 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/girls.computer/index.html I'm not sure where my husband got this article, but he sent it my way... Apparently an AAUW (American Association of University Women) report indicates that the way programming/computer-oriented courses are taught is creatin

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread Chris J/#6
> It was vi that I created it in originally. I currently don't have a personal web >page. I canceled the dialup account that it was on and have not created one on my >cable modem account yet. I suppose that I will have to do that. > > As a side note - how much contact information do you put

Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-13 Thread Snarfblat
The Cat In The Hat wrote: > > As a side note - how much contact information do you put on a resume that you post >on your web page? > when I posted my resume online, I had it in html with links to a word document and a postscript file also containing the resume. The only contact information o