Lior Kesos wrote on 2003-07-07: > The one things I believe you're missing out on is the ability of the > individual to teach himself. > I have learned out of - > trial and error , > google, > My Peers source, > My Peers advice, > Articles in various developer sites, > plain curiosity and intrest tons more then in my formal education
Me too. I'd say anybody with a clue has learned more by himself. Proof: I can name only a handful courses that gave me any clue ;). > The ability to learn alone is not something that you learn in the > university and I think is one of the most importent skills that any > wannabe programmer/IT proffesional should ever have. > Well, I've learnt alone in my university years (now finishing) more than any time before ;-). It's probably a coincidece with my heavier use of the net and heavier exposure to FOSS. In any case, but how do you assess this ability? Perhaps by having the person list things he has learnt outside formal education. -- Beni Cherniavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Israel is moving to 7-digit cellphone numbers since the current 6-digit scheme, although prolonged for some time by supernetting, "comes to the end of its useful life, once again due to address space exhaustion" [RFC 1606 on IPv9 :-]. Why won't they just use DNS? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
