This question is very timely for me. I have a BA in Journalism but have been largely self taught when it comes to IT. However as I now begin my final year of a Masters in Information Systems I am learning a lot that is very useful. I do think some formal training would be good for many developers. Sure lots of people can make a system work. But it takes a little more thought to create a well designed one that is easy for others to maintain. And as several of my text books have pointed out almost 75% of an application's/system's sdlc (software development life cycle) is in the maintenance phase (this includes not only bug fixes but enhancements and adjustments for new environments).
Elizabeth Alger Software Developer HITSS contract -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:58 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Education Just curious.. I've seen allot of jobs require lately BA/BS and not accept experience in it's place. What in your estimation is the percent of coldfusion people who have these and do you have one yourself? For me, I don't have any college experience and I would guess that about 5% of the coldfusion community actually have a BA/BS. Has your experience been different? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327661 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
