I have a few questions that has been in my mind for quite some time. Linus
Torvalds created Linux when he was still in college. I wonder if any student
of any reputable school here has reached that level of proficiency in
programming. Do local schools even provide the environment for the students
to learn such topics. And...are the profs themselves that proficient in
programming?
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> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Victor Michael D. Blancas wrote:
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> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Jolly Roger wrote:
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> > > 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.
> > >
> > like what reputable schools?
>
> >From Ateneo (sorry Doc. Mana), The recent change to use Java as the
> preferred programming language for the CS curriculum is a big headache.
> The new CS graduates don't know what's happening behind the compiler/
> interpreter. I am even surprised that many have not even heard of
> Donald Knuth during my interviews.
>
> But there is really no question with regards to the aptitude and
> trainability of the Graduates of the "reputable schools". But are they
> teaching the "Science" in Computer Science these days?
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> Ambo
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> > > Anyone else have interviews like this, or am I just lucky?
> > >
> > i'd have to agree, most cs students/graduates from "reputable schools"
> > tend to justify that they aren't good in debugging, or programming in a
> > certain language because they weren't taught that programming language
in
> > their school. schools nowadays don't focus on what's the important
> > foundations of computer science which i believe is math. some schools
just
> > teach the new MS Visual languages.
> > > Given a choice, I'd hire an math or engineering course grad over a
Computer Pseudo-science grad anyday.
> > >
> > i think comsci graduates from the really "reputable schools" are good.
> > >
> >
> > Mike
> >
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