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Posted by Bent Stigsen on 06/20/06 19:49
Geoff Berrow wrote:
> Message-ID: <1429010.hoIdy6yUov@thevoid.dk> from Bent Stigsen contained
> the following:
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>>> Maybe, but probably not. You don't get much real world experience in
>>> college. I should know, I'm a lecturer.
>>
>>What kind of college are we talking about. My dictionary says "small
>>university". I'm not sure what that implies. Is it anything like a regular
>>university, where you get bachelor/master degrees?
>
> I don't think it matters. You can't beat real world experience.
I wasn't really going to contend that. Programming can be a very I know a
few who do very well without pretty much any formal education, one of them
smoked so much pot that he hardly got through highschool (or whats
equivalent I think). Much programming really is just hammer to nail.
But I don't think it is allways that "simple". He is at the mercy of the
jobs he gets. Lousy jobs and colleagues would reflect much more on the
quality of his experience, than if he from the beginning had learned some
basic skills and ways to structure ones work.
And then there is the thing with communication. If he wants/gets a job as a
programmer in a highly technical domain, some mathematical background would
definitely be nice. Some technical problems more or less requires a higher
mathematical level of knowledge.
Personally I like the diversity in knowledge you get (at least can get) from
the higher levels of education. Sure you can just buy a book and read, but
in school you get things in the right order, so you have a good chance to
understand what you read, and you get verified that you did understand at
an exam. If you don't understand, you can allways ask the teacher.
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/Bent
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