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- From: feathers@serss0 (Michael Feathers)
- Subject: Re: feedback wanted on appropriate OOPL
- Organization: Florida International University, Miami
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:15:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <C00vI6.GH1@fiu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.173620.14793@microsoft.com> jimad@microsoft.com (Jim Adcock) writes:
- >2) Having just done an interview with a interview candidate who has
- >an MS in CS, who claimed C/C++ as a primary language, but who couldn't
- >program simple problems in a straight-forward manner, using style
- >appropriate for the C/C++ languages, I must again express frustration
- >at CS departments who don't teach students the skills they need to
- >get a job. C is the mainstream programming language for the software
- >industry. C++ is the mainstream OO programming language for the
- >software industry. Non-mainstream languages are fine for PhD candidates
- >who plan to remain in acedemia.
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- I once had it explained to me by a professor that universities are not in the
- business of giving people the skills that they need to get a job. Vocational
- schools do that. His opinion was that universities teach people how to learn
- and give them wide exposure within a field. The degree is nothing more than
- an indication to a prospective employer that this person knows how to learn.
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- I know that practically all the skills that I use in developing software have
- been reformulated severely after I graduated.
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