On 2/16/07, Mark Higbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. 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. Those who can do and those who can't teach. Besides anyone that is any good in CS is not going to settle for a professor's salary.
I find myself a little bit annoyed by this kind of blind generalization. I don't know what professors you took classes from, but the professors I have had so far have very applicable "real world working experience". And there is a big difference between the statement "anyone that is any good in CS is not going to settle for a professor's salary" and the perhaps more applicable, less blindly generalizing statement "any one that is any good at writing code is not going to settle for a professor's salary". The fact that most of the work a professor did in the "real world" was in C instead of the languages that are much more widely used now does not mean that he is "no good in CS". If you want the skills to find a good job become an apprentice, or go to a trade school. If you want to learn how to learn, and how the past applies to the present and future go to a university. And regardless, try teaching something that you don't understand. -- Alex Esplin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
