<rant>Honestly, I couldn't care less about anything CS-related at UW. I inquired re: their professional Master's in CS and was basically told to go fly a kite - that I wasn't a viable candidate as my bachelor's was not in CS. Apparently 8 years experience as a professional doesn't count for much toward a "professional" degree. Jus' sayin'... They're doin' it wrong.</rant>
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Robin Clowers <[email protected]>wrote: > I think this is awesome, I hope it takes off. I have been dabbling in > Ruby for quite some time and the thing that has caused me the most > headaches it trying to run it on Windows. I think a good foundation > in *nix is really important for anyone that is going to be doing > serious ruby development. > > > On Apr 21, 9:40 pm, Justin Bozonier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Straight up: We all laugh at programming certifications. > > > > I recently became involved in UW beginning to create a new Ruby > > Certification program in an attempt to help change that. > > > > The main thing I'm pushing for right now is for the purpose of each > > and every class to be to add to a student's portfolio. The idea being > > that a certificate is just a piece of paper, programmers want to see > > concrete evidence that you can engineer solutions. > > > > Given this, I think these classes may be of interest to several of you > > and I want your input. What would get you psyched to take a course > > like this? If you're looking to switch to Ruby development, what are > > your impediments and frictions? > > > > We always complain about certifications and how the universities "Just > > Don't Get It" (tm), so now let's take a moment to propose > > improvements. :) > > > > Justin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
