I've certainly seen people I'd class as 'Juniors' graduating from uni. As an employer I've seen kids come out of QUT's IT program having spent 3 years in the database stream and the only DB they've used is access, and the only programming they know how to do is through a wizard.
If you go back to uni after working in the industry for a while, you'll be horrified at how little the kids know, and how wildly out of date/mickey mouse the course material often is. I've heard suggestions that they deliberately push older/mickey mouse tech because it's more widely used in small business which is where most Australians end up working - but as an employer - it's much harder then it should be to find a graduate who actually knows what they're talking about. Usually we end up spending as much time training recent grads as we do training an ex helpdesk monkey. Steve Onnis wrote: > Is there such a thing as junior developers these days? I mean what sort of > skill set does a uni student come out with these days and what unis still > pump out web developers? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David Heacock > Sent: Thursday, 6 March 2008 11:42 PM > To: cfaussie > Subject: [cfaussie] Wanted: junior css/html ninja > > > Hi All, > > If anyone knows a junior developer with strong skills in CSS and HTML, I'm > looking for a contractor in Canberra for about 20 hours per week on-site. > Coldfusion skills would be an advantage, but not required. > Like I said, this is a junior position, so a current student, recent > graduate or self-taught geek would be right for the job. > > Please ask them contact David Heacock at The ZOO Group, 02 6260 8777. > > > Cheers > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
