Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!TAFS.MITRE.ORG!dstalder From: dstalder@TAFS.MITRE.ORG ("Stalder, D S") Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: RE: Theory vs. Practice in CS Education Message-ID: <8911201358.AA12238@gateway.mitre.org> Date: 20 Nov 89 11:48:00 GMT Sender: root@athena.mit.edu (Wizard A. Root) Organization: The MITRE Corp., Washington, D.C. Lines: 21 Jim Frost writes: >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. No, that is why you need some practical experience. To graduate with a CS degree without being able to write code is ridiculous. But don't tell me that work on the job is going to be tailored to the person's education. A college education is general experience. You can't learn everything you need to know at work in school. If you have experience with one language, you can generally pick up others of the same type quickly and other types without the difficulty you had learning the first language. In any job that I undertake, I hope to learn something, otherwise, I am a well-paid bottle-washer. -- Torin/Darren Stalder/Wolf Carpe Internet: dstalder@gmuvax.gmu.edu Diem! Bitnet: dstalder@gmuvax ATTnet: 1-703-883-57477 Snail: 1350 Beverly Rd., Suite 115-323/McLean, VA 22101/USA DISCLAIMER: A society where such disclaimers are needed is saddening.