On 9/27/2011 9:47 PM, John Coryat wrote: > Just because you can write code doesn't mean you know what to code. > There's a huge difference between a code monkey and a software engineer. > > I stand by my original comment.
I'm with John. I'd look extra hard at anyone applying to a job with me with no degree at all. And I'm speaking as someone who signed his first professional programming contract writing a video game for Lucasfilm before I graduated from college. I did go on to finish my degree, though it wasn't in computer science. By that point computer science seemed redundant. It's not that the degree is necessary to be any good, though I did learn a lot of important concepts in a few CS classes. It's that the degree at least indicates they're willing to stick to something long enough to complete it, and implies a minimum level of CS knowledge. A degree is far from enough to ensure someone is any good, of course. Most every resume I've looked through in the past 20 years has had a 4 year degree on it, and some of them have had M.S. or Ph.D. degrees on them -- and I'd still only consider hiring about 1% or fewer of the ones I've looked at [1], since most of the rest can barely program [2]. Tim [1] This doesn't mean I'm hiring the top 1% of programmers, by the way. See: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/01/27.html [2] I'm far from the first to assert this is true: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmers-program.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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/android-discuss?hl=en.
