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More and more adults are choosing to attend college, either as first-time students or as returning students completing a degree begun earlier in life. ACT offers a variety of useful resources for adult students, such as: If you're going back to college, taking the ACT may be an important step in the process. The information this entrance exam provides will help your college decide how to give you the best chance to succeed.

s Information for Adult Learners and Workers : Going Back to College

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Software Engineering, Not Computer Science

When interviewing candidates for programming jobs, one of my favorite interview questions is, “How would you describe your approach to software development?” I give them examples such as carpenter, fire fighter, architect, artist, author, explorer, scientist, and archeologist, and I invite them to come up with their own answers. Some candidates try to second-guess what I want to hear; they usually tell me they see themselves as “scientists.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_business A small business , also called a mom and pop store by some in the United States , is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations , partnerships , or sole proprietorships . The legal definition of "small" varies by country and by industry, ranging from fewer than 15 employees under the Australian Fair Work Act 2009 , 50 employees in the European Union, [2] and fewer than 500 employees to qualify for many U.S. Small Business Administration programs. [ 1 ] Small businesses can also be classified according to other methods such as sales, assets, or net profits.

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Web application development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_development Web application development is the process and practice of developing web applications . Just as with a traditional desktop application, web applications have varying levels of risk. A personal home page is much less risky than, for example, a stock trading web site.
Graphic design is a creative process—most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form (i.e., printers, signmakers, etc.)—undertaken in order to convey a specific message (or messages) to a targeted audience. The term "graphic design" can also refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines that focus on visual communication and presentation. The field as a whole is also often referred to as Visual Communication or Communication Design . Various methods are used to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of ideas and messages. A graphic designer may use a combination of typography , visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design

Graphic design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consultant

Consultant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A consultant (from Latin : consultare "to discuss") is a professional who provides professional or expert advice [ 1 ] in a particular area such as management , accountancy , the environment , entertainment, technology , law ( tax law , in particular), human resources , marketing , emergency management , food production , immigration , medicine , finance , life management, economics , public affairs , communication , engineering , sound system design , graphic design , or waste management . Consulting guru, Peter Block , defines a consultant as "someone who has influence over an individual, group, or organization, but who has no direct authority to implement changes." He contrasts this with a surrogate manager who is a person who "acts on behalf of, or in place of, a manager."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology_consulting Information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, Computer consultancy, Computing consultancy, technology consulting business and technology services or IT advisory ) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. In addition to providing advice, IT consultancies often estimate , manage , implement , deploy , and administer IT systems on businesses' behalf, known as Outsourcing . Staffing firms, which place technologists with businesses on a temporary basis, typically in response to employee absences, temporary skill shortages and technical projects. Independent consultants , who are self-employed or who function as employees of staffing firms (for US tax purposes, employed on " W-2 "), or as independent contractors in their own right (for US tax purposes, on " 1099 ").

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