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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 15:08:04 EST
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In article <461@hoptoad.uucp>, laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton) writes:

> The reason is simple.  It is a lot easier to get a csc degree than it is to
> be a good programmer.  And anybody can get a csc degree on the basis of a
> piece of university wallpaper.  If you don't have the wallpaper, then you
> must have received your job for some other reason -- and unless it is because
> your father is the president of the company, any reason that a company would
> choose to hand you money is a reason why I would probably like you.
> 

I teach lots of people who
are professional programmers, getting CS degrees. 
It would be contrary to my experience to assume that
professional programmers without CS degrees are likely to
be better programmers.

Suggesting that CS degrees aren't worth much to 
programmers is just plain silly. There is `science'
in Computer Science, not just coding.

Peter Ladkin