RAYMOND PANCURA went through university thinking he was going to have a career in biology or environmental sciences.

But as graduation approached and the job search began, he realized if he wanted to stay in Nova Scotia, he’d have to go head-to-head against hundreds of other students for a ridiculously small number of positions.

So he switched gears, went back to school and built a passing interest in computers into a satisfying career.

He has worked as a software designer for a number of large national companies and several smaller local firms.

In all cases, he said, he has loved the challenge of using the newest innovations in the industry to solve client problems.

"It’s about taking a client’s prose definition of a problem and working with specific computer languages and applications to develop an instrument that a computer will understand."

As manager of development with ISL, a Halifax web design and communications firm, he said he sees industry systems and technology evolving on a daily basis, so it is vital for designers to always be looking for what’s coming down the road...

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