What is/was your college major(s)
My college major was Computer Science.
What is/was your college minor(s)?
I could have had a minor in Math, but I was lazy and didn't take that one last math class that I needed.
What are you doing now professionally?
Currently I am a programmer/analyst at UBS|PaineWebber in New Jersey (I am blessed to have a job, but I can't stand this place, hence the highlighting of PAINE). I am also trying to start my own web & graphic desgin business.
How did your major(s)/minor(s) prepare you to do your job?
Studying the concepts of object oriented programming, database management, and learning various programming languages in college gave me the skills to easily learn and work with the languages I use at work today. In my first two months I was able to pick up perl scripting. I don't use the languages I learned in school at work but I try to keep my skills up by doing things on my own at home.
What internships did you do to get ready for your profession?
To get a job in the computer industry I took various internships in order to figure out what it was that I liked to do and what I didn't like to do. I worked in the college computer lab as an tech, got promoted to a help desk associate where I interacted with more faculty than students (proved to be a great benefit when trying to register and get transcripts quickly!! 
). As a lab tech I got to instruct and assist in continuing ed classes for basic computer skills. I also interned at a start-up web site (that was the greatest!) where I learned a lot about web site development.
Future Plans:
Start grad school in Septemer 2002, pursing a Master's in Comp. Sci. in hopes of becoming a college professor.
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