Re: Fifty years' experience in C programming; 20 in VB...

From: Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 20:19:19 GMT
Message-ID: <3cd2f062.13963868@News.CIS.DFN.DE>

On Fri, 3 May 2002 18:14:32 +0100, "Neil Truby" <neil.truby_at_ardenta.com> wrote:

>Another drawback of recruitment ads, particularly for some reason US ones,
>is the requirement for a computer science degree. No other discipline will
>do. I think this is quite short-sighted: one of the best techies I ever met
>was a history graduate, and I myself am a technical colossus but have a
>degree in theoretical physics.

A technical colossus? Mmmm.

Yeah, one of the best techies I ever knew was a chemical engineer. I myself am completely uneducated beyond junior school, and can barely read. Especially manuals. Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 15:19:19 CDT