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The Profession's Future Lies in Its Past
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posted on 2023-06-23, 10:52 authored by WN HolmesThe feeling of unreality comes from a belief that the profession one wishes to join mainly involves using computers, and that the industry they expect to be workin in is about as old as they are. The feeling of helplessness comes from the extreme difficulty in getting them to believe anything else. Ignorance of the past makes the future seem merely an enlarement of the present. Professionals must be eager to command the future, not content to surrender to it.
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Publication title
ComputerVolume
34Issue
10Article number
10Number
10Pagination
118-120ISSN
0018-9162Department/School
Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer SocPublication status
- Published
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