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From: abeaver@tekig5.UUCP (Annadiana Beaver)
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Subject: Re: Titles
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 11:30:26 EST
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> > A random hacker grade programmer of high school age is worth 5 brand new
> > CS degree-oids.
> > Note that ALL the awesomely hot programmers I know do not have degrees.
> > 	curt

>    Maybe if you
>    understood more about computers you would know what a "hot"
>    programmer really is.  Come on, a high school programmer? 
>    You can't tell me some kid playing at home with his Apple knows
>    more about computers than someone with a degree. Being able to
>    program a video game does not make a Computer Scientist.
> 				   harry,
> 				   A pissed off college student.
   Sorry, Harry, I have to agree with Curt.  If the kid is like my son,
   who has just started High School.  He spent part of his 8th grade
   year teaching his programming teacher some new tricks. - he tricked
   his teacher and then told him later about what he had done.-  The
   school even gave him a certificate for his achievements.  He had been
   helping the other kids in class.
   You have to understand though...   He has been into comuters for over
   5 years.  No, he doesn't program in C yet, but he does work with 
   machine code, as well as basic.
   
   No, he could not come close to the level of a Professor who has been
   teaching for several years, but just wait 'til he finishes high school...
   

	Annadiana Beaver
	abeaver@tektronix