I have a university degree too, but when I got my degree, they didnt have personal computers. The only computers around were what soon became known as mainframe computers. I graduated in 1974. I have a business degree, and the principles of marketing haven't changed in all that time- the strategies and tactics have, but the principles remain the same
In any case, there's nothing that was in my degree back in the early 1970s that's relevant to today's world. But i have been building web sites the internet first went commercial. I built my first web site using Frontpage 1 - that taught me as much about building web sites as almost anything since. In fact i have doubts about whether a degree course could possibly keep up with the changes in technology. At best a degree course would only be able to teach general principles, because the technology would have moved on by the time any graduates actually came into the work force with teh knowledge they gained at university. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Rob Parkhill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have my BA in Geography, with a Minor in Computing - course that focused > on Physics and Math, not coding :) > And I have a Post-Secondary diploma as a GIS- Cartographic Specialist - > where I got more programming experience than my Minor.... > > Rob > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Dominic Watson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 1st Class Honours in Musical Theatre here... >> >> Of around 8-9 devs in our team over the last 18 months we had one developer >> with a comp science degree. He was worse than an appalling programmer, >> though I suspect that is not typical. >> >> Dominic >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
