Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekig5!danm
From: danm@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Daniel Milliron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: "Self-taught" programmers
Message-ID: <3709@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 89 20:09:08 GMT
References: <1542@csuna.UUCP> <76000334@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <76000334@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>Virtual memory is not the type of software some self-taught programmer
>can knock off in a weekend with a couple of pots of coffee :-) In
>fact, most self-taught programmers probably couldn't hack the problem
>at all.

I don't want to turn this issue into a flame-throwing war, but my common
sense was slightly offended by the above-quoted article that implied that
only college-educated programmers could handle the complexities of 
enhancing an existing OS with virtual memory.  I am sure that when
Mr. Gillies has a little more real-world experience under his belt, he
will learn that a college-diploma does not equate with skill, that most
education occurs outside the university (is self-taught), and that great
computer-related work has been done by people who have no degree but do
have what it takes to succeed in this business: curiousity, motivation,
aptitude, and a hard-work ethic.

Dan Milliron