For me it was an undergraduate Arts degree in Psych and post graduate
degrees in Cognitive Psychology and Perception. Most of the technically
related stuff I've learned came about during my pursuit of my degrees
sincethe university psych departments were too cheap to hire programmers
when they had graduate assistants who had to work for dirt cheap. So I guess
my college education paid off. These days however, a substantial part of
the initial design work seems to involve more information architecture,
focusing on Perception and Cognitive Psych. Go figure.
larry
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"Stewart McGowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't know about in the states but out of ten developers, nine
> have degrees in technical subjects and well the boss has an english degree
> :)
>
> Stew
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Ashworth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 15 May 2000 18:30
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: OT: School Days - (was: Lighten things up a little)
> >
> > OK .. I'll give you that, but then again, how hard would it really be to
> > pick up on those concepts on your own? I don't doubt the value of that
> > degree in certain situations; It *can* give you an edge. In many cases,
> > especially when dealing with jobs involving new technology, just having
> > the
> > degree is more important than what it's in .. if the degree is even
> > important at all.
> >
> > A college education does tend to make one a more well rounded individual
> > and
> > I suppose that's desirable to some people. Unfortunately, the way I see
> > it
> > is that the college degree won't play a big role for me until I get more
> > experience under my belt and move on up into much more competitive
> > markets.
> > In today's computer age, you can go a good long ways without one, but
they
> > really help if you want to get to the top :) So .. I say if you have
the
> > chance to go, take it. It can't hurt and will help, even if indirectly.
> > Besides, I just want to say I is edumacated .. That's why I'm going back
> > for
> > a masters in biology. :)
> >
> > Heh .. wonder how I can work that into ColdFusion development?
> >
> > hmmm .. <cf_mitosis>?
> > Or maybe start a new company, hire Linus Torlvolds and call it
> > Transmetaphase?
> >
> > OK .. I'm just being silly now.
> >
> > Seriously, has anyone had any experience with ColdFusion jobs where the
> > employers were concerned with the level of post secondary education?
I'm
> > really curious now.
> >
> > .Todd
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Olive, Christopher M Mr USACHPPM"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 12:08 PM
> > Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Lighten things up a little
> >
> >
> > | i'm afraid i'd have to disagree with that. i may not "use" anything i
> > | learned in college in respect that they never taught me ASP, CF, IIS,
> > etc.
> > | however, the concept of a stack, queue, linked list, structure, array,
> > etc.,
> > | is universal to languages (ok, well, most languages). it is in
> > | *understanding* the concepts of these things that college shows its
> > value.
> > | because of this (fairly) solid foundation in programming *theory*, i
am
> > | better able to leverage my skill sets in languages i know. more
> > | importantly, they help me in learning something new. when you boil it
> > down,
> > | all languages are the same (ok, there are sub-types of programming
> > languages
> > | (procedural, functional, OO)), all you need to know is where to put
the
> > semi
> > | colons.
> >
> >
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