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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Eades
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 1998 9:55 PM
> In terms of hard practical skills and learning that I may have acquired
> during my four years in university... well, I'm hard-pressed to
> recall much of lasting value.
My university years were the best possible use I could have made
of my time and the (considerable amount of) money. They taught
me to do research, to write and speak correct English, to organize
and make usable documents of all kinds, from research papers to
web sites. They gave me social skills, the ability to speak
persuasively to individuals and groups, and to organize my time
and energy. Contacts I made as an undergraduate have been useful
for several decades since, from the White House to the Kremlin.
Finally, having that big Brown class ring has been nice when
sitting around a table with USMA and MIT grads flashing their
big class rings.
I am still of two minds about the Ph.D. I didn't go for one,
being busy doing research projects (hypertext, operating systems),
protesting, and generally being a hippie/hacker. The field was
young then, to the point that I was able to get a faculty position
at an Ivy League school to teach at the undergrad and graduate
levels. That would never happen these days, and it bothers me
that that door is closed to me. On the other hand, I'm not sure
that having the Dr. in front of my name would help me as a web
consultant; it would be at odds with the kind of hands-on work
that I like to do. I might be able to get more "prestigious"
contracts at higher hourly rates, but I'd have to spend most of
my time pontificating in meetings.
Bob Munck
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