[Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees
- From: arunchaganty@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Tejasvi Chaganty)
- Date: Sun Jun 29 22:12:20 2008
It depends on the requirements. I would look for solid computer science
fundamentals which includes a very good knowledge of data structures,
different programming paradigms, the ability to analyse space and time order
complexities etc. Self-taught programmers may become very good at some
particular technology, but am very sure they would not have the requisite
knowledge on computing basics and fundamentals, because it's not something
very crucial for being a programmer.
My thoughts exactly. While the community is ripe with counter examples
(Con Kolivas. Anesthetist + Kernel Hacker), among friends (and myself),
I find that the general self-learned programmer, is more capable of
doing um, 'program design', then 'algorithm design'.
I also find that these days, it's so much easier to pass off without
those core CS elements; there are almost always libraries that do what
you want to do. With them, it just takes a little presence of mind and
experience to choose the right algorithm and data structure.
--
Arun Tejasvi Chaganty (vimzard)
GNOME GSoC Student
Blog:
http://arunchaganty.wordpress.com
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