Hi, On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Shakthi Kannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can use the same argument to state that CS/IT peers will do well > in other engineering fields in the Industry. Vomiting of answers, or > percentage of marks does not count in the Industry (bureaucracy is an > exception). > I have to agree with Shakthi. I believe college education imparted on students is as good as the people who teach it. Forget the top technical institutions. Take colleges that churn out more than 80% of the engineers. The poor lecturers there are still there because they were unlucky enough to get into the IT industry. Given a chance, they will run so fast, their heels will hit their bottoms. I have a bunch of resumes from lecturers who want to come into the "industry". I could not help them much because after sending the resume, they also asked me which course to take so they will become employable. Well, what can you tell them? The salaries offered by many colleges to lecturers are shamefully paltry. It is a weird world out there. They call a bank account with sufficient balance as "decent". As if there were an indecent balance. Just think about the quality of education these guys are capable of imparting. How will they inspire their students? Poor parents, when in school, extra tutions, when out of school, extra entrance coaching and when in engineering college, extra NIIT and Aptech. As far as learning the basics is concerned, any smart wannabe programmer can go pick up a copy of SICP* or Knuth from any damn book shop two streets away. There is no stopping anyone who wants to learn, really. You got the stuff out there and you got your computer. You can start writing those programs and test and accuracy of your microprocessor. The best thing about books in India is that they are a whole lot cheaper that in Western countries. (Read, Eastern Economy Edition) * - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs Regards, -- Shuveb Hussain B I N A R Y K A R M A Chennai, India. Phone : +91 44-64621656 Mobile: +91 98403-80386 http://www.binarykarma.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
