On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 12:54:18PM +0800, Marvin T. Pascual wrote:
> Maybe that could be one factor. But the truth is, correct me if I'm
> wrong, that only 60% or below BSCS or any related course graduates are REAL
> programmers and who worked as he/she should be. This is my personal
> observation when I was still in College (Cebu City). And there are several
> people who are not BSCS or any related course graduates that are now
> programmers.
>
I know what you mean. Not a lot of those people who do take BSCS or a
similar course are Real Programmers(tm). Nevertheless, at the risk of
restarting the old thread about hiring college graduates and so, I'll
say that it's a basic assumption that a computer science degree would
prepare you for programming and systems design work, and hence that
sort of course background would be looked for by HR departments of
companies needing that expertise. I personally feel that I would have
wasted four years of my life (SEVEN YEARS for me specifically, and
never mind my childhood years spent tinkering with computers!) if I
graduated from a computer science or related course and wound up not
using anything they tried to teach me. I think that a lot of others
would feel the same way as well, and make their best effort to apply
what they spent four years trying to learn in their professional life,
and only settle for some unrelated job position as a last resort.
So I think it would be a useful first approximation to say that people
who do take a BSCS or related course would eventually get work doing
something in the IT industry or providing IT support for other
companies. Few people get a certain degree on one hand and then go
into a completely unrelated professional field afterwards if they can
avoid it.
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