[dba-Tech] So you want to become a programmer?

If you want to become a programmer or you son or your daughter wants to take
on the romantic life of a programmer here are some things they or you should
know.

http://regulargeek.com/2010/08/07/12-things-a-programmer-really-needs-to-kno
w/

With luck, in a few years wide eyed and innocent, groups of geeks will no
longer flood the halls of colleges and universities dreaming of a life as a
"programmer" and realize that their new jobs are less like the fantasies
portrayed in movies and more like farm field hands. ;-)

Jim