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From: shurr@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Languages in the the REAL world -- Listing
Message-ID: <2116@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 88 17:52:49 GMT
References: <325@lafcol.UUCP> <1290001@hpcllla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: shurr@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories (actually an APR consultant)
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In article <1290001@hpcllla.HP.COM> daryl@hpcllla.HP.COM (Daryl Odnert) writes:
>Please, take advantage of the opportunites available during your college
>education and take some non-mickey-mouse classes in areas outside your major.
>(That does not include taking math classes if you're a computer science major!)
>Computer nerds come a dime-a-dozen.  Talented, resourceful, and
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 They're on sale two-for-one around here.

>well-rounded engineers are hard to find... but are exactly what the best
>companies to work at are looking for.

Well said Daryl!  And this should include dropping that give-a-sh*t dodge
you took for your English composition requirement and doing what it takes
to learn how to use that language as well.  The field is full of inartic-
ulate bozos who think that they should get a senior staff position just
because they can bang two bits together.

(My apologies to those of you who have made an effort to learn all of the
skills it takes to be a good engineer, it's just that the bad ones are
SOOOOOOooooo bad!)

regards, Larry
-- 
Signed: Larry A. Shurr (att!cbnews!shurr or osu-cis!apr!las)
Clever signature, Wonderful wit, Outdo the others, Be a big hit! - Burma Shave
(With apologies to the real thing.  Above represents my views only.)