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From: luner@uwai.UUCP (David L. Luner)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: Titles - are CS degrees worth anything?
Message-ID: <359@uwai.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 10:22:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 10:22:19 1986
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Summary: It depends where you get it.

In article <3451@nsc.UUCP> freak@nsc.UUCP (Curt Mayer) writes:
>CS degree factories spit out hundreds of cloned nine-to-fiver hacks who read
>4 years ago that CS was the degree to get for THE BIG BUCKS.

From an advertisment in CACM, V29 N3. I think this about sums it up.

"...The Department of Computer Science is one of the nations largest
 producers of undergraduate computer science majors..."

Although they later say:

"The graduates of <mumble's> programs are highly regarded for the
 thoroughness of their education and are in great demand by the nation's
 industrial and commercial firms."

Regardless of the reputation of an institution, what one learns in any setting
is what one wants to. You can complete a program at a "good" institution
and have learned nothin, or complete a program at a "not-so-good" institution
and have learned a lot. It is the responsibility of the interview to
filter out the best candidate.

	David Luner