Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: the "programmer" title Message-ID: <642@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 11:12:43 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.642 Posted: Tue Feb 4 11:12:43 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Feb-86 21:15:47 EST References: <1711@ittatc.ATC.ITT.UUCP> <461@hoptoad.uucp> <128@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 12 Summary: In article <128@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes: >More seriously, I've met a wide assortment of programmers in the last few >years and I haven't noticed that programming ability is significantly >related to possession of a BSCS degree. Note I didn't say inversely >related. I said _not_ releated. I haven't noticed that programming ability is related to number of years of experience either. There are a LOT of Bad Programmers out there who do not seem to learn from their mistakes, even after 10 or 15 years of experience. -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly