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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Titles
Message-ID: <643@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 10:16:27 EST
Article-I.D.: rti-sel.643
Posted: Wed Feb  5 10:16:27 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Feb-86 21:56:59 EST
References: <4514@kestrel.ARPA>
Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC
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Keywords: Computer Science
Summary: 

In article <4514@kestrel.ARPA> ladkin@kestrel.ARPA writes:

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

We can argue about the relevance of the typical undergraduate CS
curriculum in today's DP job market, however. How many compiler and
operating system writers do we really need? How long is it going to be
before CS departments start stressing COMMUNICATION and ENGINEERING
skills? There's plenty of 'science' in Computer Science; I'm just not
convinced that 'science' is what your basic employer of fresh CS
graduates is looking for. And most kids today are hoping to get jobs
when they graduate.

By the way, this seems to be getting a bit far away from my
understanding of what net.singles is supposed to be about. Maybe this
discussion should be moved elsewhere?

                         -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly