[Ilugc] Take on Minix & Linux by Girish
- From: chaks.yoper@xxxxxxxxx (Chakkaradeep C C)
- Date: Wed Aug 30 17:44:34 2006
HI,
On 8/30/06, Srinivasan Sundararajan <srini.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/30/06, Chakkaradeep C C <chaks.yoper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, WE engineers arent good enough ?. I cannot agree to this kinda
statement. Out of my 5 years of study, I have only 3 or 4 professors who
have been good and all the rest (may be 30) , not of use at all.
I want you to justify your statement. Complaining is very simple.
Anybody
can complain.
According to you 10 percent of the professors / lecturers were good.
Can you claim that 25% of the students are good enough engineers ? If
we start comparing the salaries / facilities / hardships, can I say
that the output from "We engineers" is not good enough.
I am by training a physicist and researcher (theoretical, that too!!),
and I am least interested in judging anybody, leave alone engineers.
But it is a fact that many of the present day engineers think that
they do not need any of the basics. Unfortunately, that is not the
case. As a physicist, I could produce an idea which can be used by
other physicists and, yes, engineers. However, an engineer has to
create things which are used by "lay" people -- the mantra of
"user-friendliness". Hence more responsibility and more creativity --
and naturally more complaints / criticisms.
Well, today Companies out there need immidiate solutions and never bothered
whether one is good with basics. For example, anybody can start learning
Python even if he doesnt know C or C++. So, in the Industry, they might ask
for Python and he gets going. Later, he understands that the basic C/C++ is
required and starts learning.
Today, I find, me not taking much time in learning a new language. I learnt
many in no time , and also the basics of that particular language and
others. Its like, Professors HAVE to know everything in regard of the topic
, but /Engineers may not. A Good Enginner is one who can be accoustomed to
any field (in his related parent field) he is put in. Am a Software Engg and
I should not say, I can work only with GNU/Linux Platform. If so, I can be
put down very easily. The same, If i tell, I can work in GNU/Linux and also
in Windows and also in Mac, then my strength increases and I have lots of
oppurtunities.Thats how an Engineer lives.
I do agree that all 25% would not be good engineers, but sure, the good ones
would be more than that 10% of my Professors list.
My personal take is, leave those bad ones and MANY things can be done from
the good ones and thats what is happening in India today.
Its just not that Engineers are bad and Professors are not and vice versa.
And one more thing that stops Students to enter into GNU/Linux carrer, as
far as I have seen is the EXPERIENCE column. Most of the GNU/Linux hackers
would be good at their young age itself and many develop their skills during
their College days/projects.Companies want atleast 2 to 3 years of work
experience in the GN/Linux field and how can these people, eventhough they
might be very good, apply ?. They are ignored just becoz of this. This is
what has to change in India IMO. The EXPERIENCE should be, experience in
that particular field which is being asked , but not WORK.
Srinivasan.
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