[aclug-L] Re: CS Degrees (Was: Re: Cool new fan site....hehe)

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When i earned my A&P my instructors said that it was only a
licence to learn.
four year degree's should be no different.



Steven Saner wrote:
> 
> The purpose of going to school is only in part to learn a
> trade. Granted, you do learn things about a trade, but you learn so
> much more. Many times you don't realize that you do until much
> later. Also, there is more to a job than just being good at
> administering a Unix box (for example). I have dealt with people that
> know a lot about administering a Unix box, but they don't have good
> organizational skills. They don't approach a problem in a systematic
> fashion. They don't work well on a team. They don't have good personal
> skills. These are the things you learn in college and these are things
> that are often more important to having success in a job than the raw
> knowledge of what you are doing. Don't get me wrong. That is important
> too. And someone that only knows what they learned in school and has
> no practical knowledge is difficult to work with. But, no more so than
> someone who has not learned the "other" things because they have not
> had to. Success relies on a balance between the two. I will never
> regret the 6 years I put into post high-school education. I will also
> never regret that during that time I spent as much time learning on my
> own as I did studying my course material.
> 
> Steve
> 

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