>
> In the short term, or the long term (and in the long term, to
> what degree)?
>
> Sure, in this situation, you get short term bikkies. How fast are
> you going
> to 'climb the ladder' though? If your purpose at work is to earn
> money (mine
> isn't, but that's another story), how fast/far do you think your
> career will
> advance without having done Uni?
>
> I worry about this. :)
>
I've stopped worrying about this. I guess running your own business helps
with that. There are no ladders when you do it yourself i guess. My
company(partnership) is doing ok, we are supporting ourselves, soon to put
on our first employee, got an office etc. Its pretty tough doing it
yourself, but its damn fun. And you don't have to put up with any corporate
bullshit. This ain't too hard for a support type person to say (the other
half of the company is web devel) but i guess for a person who likes
coding/programming its a bit different. Often this sort of development needs
the support of a fairly large company, unless you are very experienced.
>
> > Uni teaches you how to think.
>
>
> YAY! (University can give you an important skill - learning how to think
> about learning)
>
>
> > And i reckon they have got it wrong unfortunately.
>
>
> BOO! HISS! (University can mould you and forever dampen your enthusiasm)
>
Dampen is damn right. I need people that are still enthusiastic about
learning. Cos they gotta keep doing it. I can't stop learning otherwise im
dead.
>
> > IT is a tricky area to teach, experience is always the best teacher I
> guess.
>
>
> IT definitely, Computing Science?
Dunno. I am in IT not computing science :)
dave
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