On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 at 12:20 -0700, Mark Higbee wrote: > I think the real point of going to a college or university is to get the > skills you need to find a good job.
I think the point of going to a university is to get an education. If you just want skills there are cheaper faster and less painful ways to get them. > If the college can't teach you any real skills then it is useless in my > opinion. My experience with BYU was you go to school to learn how to > learn on your own, since most of the professors have no real world > working experience. Regardless of the truth of those statements (I don't believe they are true), there is arguably no better skill than knowing how to learn on your own. > Those who can do and those who can't teach. That's a fun little jab thought up by people who can't do either. > Besides anyone that is any good in CS is not going to settle for a > professor's salary. False by counterexample. Maybe you should be asking yourself why some people who are very good at CS _do_ settle for a professor's salary. -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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