[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've been following this OT thread for a while and its quite interesting
>how the discussion has shifted from focusing on highschool graduates to
>CS graduates... WAY OT na nga, lalo pang naging WAY WAY OT :^)
I'm just waiting for the moderators to put us back in our place ;-) I suspect they're
enjoying the thread as well.
>So what I'm saying is that if you can get a student (i.e. HS/elem) interested in
>programming
>early enough so that it becomes his life's goal -- he will overcome a lot of the
>limitations
>of our educational system -- because if he is really interested in programming or
>anything
>computer-related, he will learn all these things (languages, HW, etc...) on his/her
>own...
IF given the appropriate resources (books, access to computers), support and
encouragement, yes.
>Kahit siguro dito sa PLUG list na ito, there is only a very small percentage who
>learned about
>Linux, system administration, programming, etc... in a school course. In fact, I would
>bet that the majority of us here probably learned it by studying on their own (and
>asking the
>plug-list :^)) because we are interested in learning it, not because its in our
>curriculum or
>even need it on our job (siyempre, there are always exceptions).
I think that's obvious.
>PS. On another related-OT topic, is there anyone here in the Philippines
>studying the newer-fangled trends in software development ?
>(especially in post-doc/Phd/Master levels in the CS depts.
>in our universities) such as :
>
> 1. Software Design Patterns
> (see http://hillside.net/patterns/patterns.html)
>
> 2. Extreme Programming (or other method-lite methodologies)
> (see http://www.extremeprogramming.org/)
We use design patterns (from Gamma, et al.) and XP at work.
JR
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