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

On Sat, 4 May 2002 17:26:23 +0100, "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3cd2f062.13963868_at_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.
>
>Not at all Obnoxio. you just need to find something that has been written -
>you know by people who can write - not computer manuals which are largely
>written by CS graduates.

To be fair, most of the manuals I have not read that I should have read were written by people who _can_ write, it's really not their fault. Received on Sat May 04 2002 - 14:51:19 CDT