Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!eos!labrea!agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60164000) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: School... Message-ID: <2695@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 7 Apr 88 01:29:12 GMT References: <8803281912.aa01446@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> <8652@reed.UUCP> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS Lines: 20 In article <8652@reed.UUCP> kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) writes: >And if you ask me why I am a "physic" major instead of a CS major, I will >tell you what I tell everyone. Computers are tools, not and end unto >themselves. And I want them to help me build things. Preferable things >that fly. Computing is a hobby. It just happens to be a hobby that pays >well. > >PS I feel sorry for some CS majors. They keep getting told massive starting >saleries for CS majors, yet get out there and realize they don't have enough >practicle experience to make that starting salery. What are your views on CE majors? The same as your views on CS (CIS is how I always hear it)? The above quotation is not to make it seem that I want only your views on the monetary aspects of CE, that was just a short section of your post that I decided to include for reference. Yes, as you probably guessed, I am a CE major. -tuu