On Wednesday 07 June 2006 09:42, Dieter wrote: > These days it isn't safe to assume that programmers have been to uni. > I read somewhere that Netscape hired a 14 year old. > > I wonder if they still show that film of the bridge falling down?
They still show it a lot on Engineering courses. > Everyone's first job should be on a project where failures can result > in death, and thus learn about concepts like reliability, testing, etc. Most of our lecturers are very hot on stressing the importance of reliability by design, but unfortunately you're unlikely to find fully-qualified engineers (i.e. with chartered status) writing code for a typical software project. They cost too much. Peter -- Quake II build tools maintainer http://tinyurl.com/fkldd v2sw6YShw7$ln5pr6ck3ma8u6/8Lw3+2m0l7Ci6e4+8t4Eb8Aen5+6g6Pa2Xs5MSr5p4 hackerkey.com
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