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Learn to code, but don't quit your day job
The Verge
By Joshua Kopstein on May 17, 2012 01:01 pm 165Comments Given the ever-expanding role of software in our lives, it shouldn't be too difficult to ascertain why so many people have been exuberantly advocating learning computer programming recently.
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Yerwood Center's career and employment program gets a boost from START Now!
The Hour
The donation will help fund the community center's I-XCEL Career and Employment training program, according to START Now! officials. "I am happy to support Yerwood Center in any way that I can," said Meek, who is both a board member at the Yerwood …

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Cougar Chronicle: Skills USA Go To State
my.hsj.org
The competitions included: 3D modeling and animation, computer programming, broadcasting, job interviewing, engineering design, technical math, and computer repair as well as over 150 more. The winners will go on to the national competition in Kansas …

Big Ten network cuts academics, citing low ratings
KFMB News 8
Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 before his career was slowed by injuries, is retiring. Stacy Lewis is a step closer to her second straight victory on the LPGA Tour. Stacy Lewis is a step closer to her …

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MOTOGP: Le Mans FP Ticker
SPEEDtv.com
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 4 of the MotoGP World Championship from Le Mans, France will air LIVE on SPEED on Sunday, May 20 at 8:00am ET. Qualifying will air LIVE all season long on SPEED2. #SPEEDmoto The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team's all-important home …

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Ask the Expert: Jobs Clinic 2012
Financial Times
In this role, she oversees all career services activities for students in the full-time, evening, weekend, and executive MBA programmes, as well as for alumni. This includes career management programming and corporate recruiting relationships with …

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'March Madness' of coding contests highlights two trends
ITworld.com
May 17, 2012, 8:52 PM — If you're not familiar with the Association of Computer Machinery's (ACM)International Collegiate Programming Contes (ICPC) sponsored by IBM Corp., just think of it like the "March Madness" of computer programming.

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Benton on STEM fast-track
Columbia Daily Tribune
Christine Roberson, left, a laboratory technology instructor at the Columbia Area Career Center, helps Zari Jordan, 11, match soil samples to eliminate suspects in a make-believe crime as Nate Irwin, 11, checks his own soil samples.

WFNX Creator On Sale Of 101.7: Most Difficult Day Of My Career
WBUR
As I said to my staff at the station, it is the single most difficult day of my 47-year business career. I am not a seller, I'm an acquirer, and so this wasn't sold as a “Here, I'm selling my business and retiring,” this is what it is.

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Don't Assume You Need a “Prestigious” Career
Business Insider
When I was in high school, I wanted to be a lawyer –- not because I was interested in law, but because I thought I needed a so-called prestigious career. I'm terrible at math and science, so I ruled out medicine, engineering, accounting and programming …