It’s been almost 2 years since I earned my PP-ASEL rating, and I’ve gotten few hours of flight time in since. I am making an early new years resolution for 2008. By January 1, 2009, I will have my PP-RH rating. Expected cost: Approximately 15,000$. Wish me luck!
nucwin's Life List
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1. Visit Japan
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2. see the Daily Show live
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3. Get multiengine rated
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4. Take one picture a day as a way to document my life
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5. help someone in need
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6. get my instrument rating
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7. Learn to fly a helicopter
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8. buy a Mini Cooper
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9. see the Colbert Report live
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10. Keep a dream journal
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11. stop drinking soda
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12. Become financially stable
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13. stop drinking alcohol
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14. pet a penguin
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15. Learn an instrument
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16. Learn a foreign language
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17. get in shape
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3.5 years later, I’ve got a BS in Computer Information Systems/Software Development. Now to find a job to use it in…
It takes a special kind of person to enjoy programming. Not everyone has that spark. It is most definitely not a field to enter purely for the money. If you don’t have the desire, you will not enjoy it. Programming takes a lot of logical thinking and the ability to break down problems and solve the bits in order.
A quick test to see if you’ll enjoy programming is to think back to those little word problems in your math classes. Did you enjoy them? Was it a challege that you enjoyed completing? That’s the easiest correlation to programming, because in essence your job will consist of taking word problems from customers or your employer and devising solutions.
Just don’t listen to people who claim that programming is not worth it.
