[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I found Sacha's comment interesting as it was the opposite of what the
>school officials told me....
>
>Sacha wrote:
>
>> >From what I know of Ateneo, colleges tend to assume no prior
>> background in computer science
>
>Is this so for other schools? Can even CS students expect to survive the
>first year if they don't already have some programming experience,no
>matter how limited?
Heh. Having interviewed many CS grads (from reputable schools!) that seem to have gone
4 years without any programming experience either (couldn't explain recursion, big-O
notation, or debug a 20-line C function), I don't think it makes a difference.
Me: "So what was your role in machine problem X?"
CS grad: "I did mostly documentation."
Me: "In which projects did you play a major role?"
CS grad: "I did the screen design on machine problem Y. Using VB6."
Me: "Why didn't you do more programming in your assignments?"
CS grad: "My groupmate Bob is a better programmer, so I just do the documentation."
Me: "I see. Please tell Bob to come in for an interview. Thanks for your time."
Anyone else have interviews like this, or am I just lucky?
Given a choice, I'd hire an math or engineering course grad over a Computer
Pseudo-science grad anyday.
JR
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