Re: Professional or Not (was Database Design)

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:28:18 -0800
Message-ID: <1073528815.554932@yasure>

sybrandb_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> It is just nonsense you need a comp.sci degree to be successful in IT.
> Comp.sci has very little to do with practical IT. People with a
> comp.sci degree aren't necessarily better developers or administrators
> compare to people without such a degree.
> There is no problem of 'unqualified people'. The problem starts with
> educational institutions being paid by the government for the number
> of people leaving the institution with a degree.
>
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

I'll partially agree and partially disagree.

Agree:

Universities, for the most part, are teaching very little programming ... just C and Java ... and that is terrible as the most valuable skills are truly database related. And, unfortunately, most universities are teaching more theoretical skills than practical skills. This is something we have changed with my program and hopefully is changing with others.

Disagree:

Some governments may be for the number of people leaving: Perhaps that is true in your country or generally in Europe. But it most certainly isn't true here.

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