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Posted by steve on 10/10/33 11:19
"Tony" <tony23.no@dslextreme.com.spam> wrote in message
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| steve wrote:
| > "finishing off" ... yeah, i re-read it...read too quickly the first
| > time.
| >
| > i suppose your estimation is true...but a little harsh.
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| Harsh is being fired from a job because you can't do what is required,
after
| you were hired based on your supposed knowledge of the subject as
| demonstrated by a "degree" in that field. My comments weren't harsh - only
| realistic.
i suppose.
| > i'm wondering
| > why more pertainant questions haven't been asked...or that schools
| > don't teach one to ask them. like, what's the scope of the project?
| > is oracle needed or would something less expensive work? what's the
| > load going to be on this site? how many developers are there going to
| > be? what languages are they familiar with? who's going to maintain
| > the site? etc., etc.. i know it's for school, but dang, i hope they
| > are teaching closer to what employers expect than "function x does
| > this; here's how a database works; this is html".
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| One thing I have realized that schools definitely don't teach is the
| business and practical aspects of IT, which your questions address. I have
| known quite a few "programmers" with 4-year degrees who have no clue about
| developing real-world applications, or translating a set of requirements
| into a final solution. It's quite sad, really.
....and some of the best have no degree at all. some from schools and some
from need and hard-knocks.
regards tony.
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