I don't think the problem is the graduates, per say, but the curriculum and what is taught at many schools.
I just lucked out, in that my college had a curriculum geared to teach programming concepts, not geared to teach a language. You walk away with a very different skill set when you're taught about encapsulation principles than if you're taught how to create a class in Java or C++. simonjpalmer wrote: > I'm probably going to get in trouble saying it on a board like this, > but I think that most CS degrees are not very good and the graduates > from CS courses tend to be of a pretty low standard, mostly because > they are not at all rounded in their knowledge. Maybe I've been > unlucky, but I have recruited over several decades and in 5 different > countries and have had pretty consistent experience with CS graduates > (with the possible exception of Waterloo in Canada). -- Jeffry Houser Flex, ColdFusion, AIR AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- Adobe Community Expert <http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/JeffryHouser.html> My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
