[Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Sun Jun 29 06:58:38 2008
On 28-Jun-08, at 9:11 PM, Raman.P wrote:
populates your RAM with most of the basics. With that
foundation you
can leverage the internet to solve bigger problems.
Unfortunately in todays education it is like RAM - temporary -
vanishes when switched off i.e when exams are over.
I have yet to see a CS or IT graduate who knows the basics of
anything. All they know is tools, so as far as the opensource world
is concerned they are useless - only fit for proprietary sweatshops
where knowledge of tools is all that is required. Self taught is the
only way to go. And I have 'trained' any number of people who I
wouldnt even employ as peons who are drawing huge salaries today for
the sole reason that, in addition to the tools, a small bit of the
opensource culture has rubbed off on them
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regards
kg
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