> 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.
I took a short-term project for the state of TX a couple years ago. The project manager at the time told me that they'd hired someone before me who had a bachelors in CS and had to let him go because he didn't seem able to navigate their codebase on his own without a lot of direct instruction that they just didn't have the time to provide. And his results came too slow for their project timeline and were frequently not what they needed. They said he seemed compelled to turn everything into OO instead of addressing the functional requirements of the project. I have no degree, but got lots of praise for my work, so... not that it's necessarily indicative, but I at least had a corroborating experience. Our project manager (who also coded there) had his degree in nuclear physics. -- s. isaac dealey :: AutLabs Creating meaningful employment for people with Autism http://www.autlabs.com ph: 817.385.0301 http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
