Ben Leslie wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 May 2001, peterw wrote:
>
> > Secret Squirrel wrote:
> > >
> > <stuff snipped>
> >
> > > I'm considering taking a 40h course
> > > or similar to learn how to program
> > > "the right way" and get help in the
> > > mean time.
> > >
> >
> > Um, what exactly is the "right way?"
> > When I am employing people I ask "What have you done?" Not "what courses
> > have you done?" or "what degrees do you have?"
>
> Yeah but there is more to education to than just being "employable".
>
This I agree with. And so the question "Why do you want programming
trainning?" needs to be answered. "I think Eifel is cool, I'd like to
learn about that" or "Christ I need a job to pay the rent"
> For one thing you get a broader look at some of the different areas
> within comp. sci. (AI, OSes among others) which you are unlikely to
> see if you spend all your time coding for money.
>
This I sorta agree with. If you are a professional systems builder you
will become familiar with different OSes, techniques and research
otherwise you won't be a professional systems builder for very long.
There is nothing more frustrating(IMHO) then spending great time and
effort looking at and learning about OSes, languages etc and then not
being able to use them. Learning for learnings sake is all well and good
and should be encouraged but ya gotta eat.
Peter - who spends a lot of time trying to convince comp sci grads that
it is not cool to write a business program as one if statement in C.
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