I agree - several of our best programmers have never been to University at all. You have to wonder if three years worth fluff is really any good for a career - especially as the lecturers are generally poor teachers who are forced to give lectures as part of their tenure...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Nathan Schultz Sent: Thu 11/11/2010 13:03 To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Usefulness of Microsoft Certifications I know one IT manager who actually likes employing programmers with degrees outside of CS. People with vastly different backgrounds tend to think about problems differently. I remember reading Boeing does the same when they develop their flight-systems, which are not only are quadruple-backed up, but are written by totally different teams with different backgrounds, as to help minimize a bug being in the same place. There is also one programmer at work without a tertiary degree but is passionate about it and is one of the best guys here. That said, I still believe getting a CS degree (at the very least) is worthwhile. On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 November 2010 14:26, David Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yeah fair enough. We all have CS degrees now - is it worth extending these >> to a Software Engineering degree/masters degree? > > > I think it depends on the institution and course. When I was at uni I did a > bachelor of information technology with a major in SE and minor in AI. I > think all the degrees are pretty well rounded these days with soft systems > methodology type stuff rather than just 100% dry comp sci. > > >> Does any education provider offer something like this? My CS course spent >> alot of time dealing with topics which honestly I have never used, and will >> never use - PRNG's, assembly etc... >> > > The particular language programming task or language isn't really the issue > - it is all the foundation knowledge and theory you get in the process. That > stuff is good for a lifetime transcends language/runtime/programming > problem. > > -- > *David Connors* | [email protected] | www.codify.com > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > >
<<winmail.dat>>
