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From: madd@world.std.com (jim frost)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Theory vs. Practice in CS Education
Message-ID: <1989Nov12.044511.992@world.std.com>
Date: 12 Nov 89 04:45:11 GMT
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Organization: Software Tool & Die
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dstalder@TAFS.MITRE.ORG ("Stalder D S") writes:
>I think that education should be 75% theory and 25% practical knowledge.  
>Someone can get an associates and work for two years and have more 
>practical knowledge than a BS does.  You can get practical knowledge at 
>work.

So what you're telling all those employers is that you want them to
pay people for a year or so while they learn how to write good code?
I don't think that'll go over so well.

jim frost
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