Aaron Marcavitch wrote:
>
> "I have found it very useful to learn as many programs
> as possible so as not to limit your availability for
> jobs."
>
I am lucky to have taken my first computer classes after PCs but before
the huge software companies had developed many applications.  As such,
we learned logic and general principles of computer systems, not
specific applications.  Software packages come and go, but they share
common operating rules based on how a computer works.  In order to
prepare for a career working with computers, you should look into taking
a class on databases and logic, and then apply that to several packages.

If you learn both how specific programs work (and try several, the more
the merrier) and the underlying principles that computers operate on,
you will have a much better chance to learn how a particular museum's
system works, even if you have never run into their database program
before.
--
James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
http://museum.astate.edu

"All we ever wanted was everything.  All we ever got was cold."

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