On 3/1/2012 3:31 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > It said the best bang for your > buck if you are going to hire someone is from a technical school. These > usually have co-op programs and more classes designed to teach skills. What > a person majors in matters.
If I wanted a code monkey worker drone, sure. If I wanted something more out of them, I would require a four year degree. Skills can be taught. How many of us are self-taught? It's why trade school programs are shorter and easier than 4 year degrees (generally). 4 year degree tells me that at least they will do the work, they are probably more skilled socially, tend to have a greater knowledge of the world and the human condition from which to draw when learning something new and incorporating it into their life, they can set goals, finish things on time and put up with the general BS that goes along with it. Well rounded people. You can teach someone like that what you want them to know (and many companies expect this and do that very thing). As I was saying in my last post, they will be faster learners. I would be less likely to promote a coder who has only been educated to be a coder into the position of a project manager. I would be more inclined to take someone with a higher education and put them in that position and teach them what the coders do. The learning curve for them will be lower as they will only be picking up a new skill as opposed to a new way of thinking about application development. > Anyway, what I am saying about picking majors is coming. A California > state senator or representative recently proposed a plan where students > could go to college for "free" if they sign up to pay a percentage of their > salary after college for a set number of years. If something like this is > implemented, do you think the state would let them major in something that > doesn't pay? Sounds a bit like China. > J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
