[Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees
- From: shuveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Shuveb Hussain)
- Date: Sun Jun 29 01:00:40 2008
Hi,
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
You can use the same argument to state that CS/IT peers will do well
in other engineering fields in the Industry. Vomiting of answers, or
percentage of marks does not count in the Industry (bureaucracy is an
exception).
I have to agree with Shakthi. I believe college education imparted on
students is as good as the people who teach it. Forget the top technical
institutions. Take colleges that churn out more than 80% of the engineers.
The poor lecturers there are still there because they were unlucky enough to
get into the IT industry. Given a chance, they will run so fast, their heels
will hit their bottoms. I have a bunch of resumes from lecturers who want to
come into the "industry". I could not help them much because after sending
the resume, they also asked me which course to take so they will become
employable. Well, what can you tell them? The salaries offered by many
colleges to lecturers are shamefully paltry.
It is a weird world out there. They call a bank account with sufficient
balance as "decent". As if there were an indecent balance.
Just think about the quality of education these guys are capable of
imparting. How will they inspire their students? Poor parents, when in
school, extra tutions, when out of school, extra entrance coaching and when
in engineering college, extra NIIT and Aptech.
As far as learning the basics is concerned, any smart wannabe programmer can
go pick up a copy of SICP* or Knuth from any damn book shop two streets
away. There is no stopping anyone who wants to learn, really. You got the
stuff out there and you got your computer. You can start writing those
programs and test and accuracy of your microprocessor. The best thing about
books in India is that they are a whole lot cheaper that in Western
countries. (Read, Eastern Economy Edition)
* -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs
Regards,
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Shuveb Hussain
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Chennai, India.
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