On Saturday, August 24, 2002, at 06:41 , Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Actually, I avoided all of the CS classes because I knew that the future > (as I saw it) would be different. I was right, but later went back to > learn the material and apply it to what I knew.
I guess it depends what you learn in CS. I learned a lot about compiler design, pattern-based string processing, garbage-collection, functional programming... all sorts of things that were actually very useful later in my career. I later picked up OO stuff (an interesting comparison to my functional programming background) and I still, today in CF, use stuff that I learned at university (as well as everything I learned since). > To bring this back to some tech, I've suggested in the past that people > read such works as Code Complete and the Pragmatic Programmer. They're > more in the CS field, but totally needed in the 'application' field that > we live in. I recommend people read more widely in general. Those books are OK but I think people should stretch themselves by reading outside their box, so to speak. My web site 'bookstore' has a bunch of books that I tend to recommend to folks, including some 'hard' stuff like "Generative Programming" alongside classics like "Design Patterns". What I really need to do tho' is update my bookstore and make it easier for me to maintain! Maybe when I rewrite my site using PHP Fusebox :) "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
