Am 21.01.2012 04:48, schrieb Adam D. Ruppe:
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Oh my, don't get me started on college!
I'm so happy I dropped out of that waste.
I guess this is a specific USA issue.
In Europe you will
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 18:14:42 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
In Europe you will hardly get a programming job as developer if
you don't have a degree in Computer Science, Electronic, Physics
or Mathematic applied to computation, just to name a few of the
common degrees.
A lot of Americans
On Saturday, January 21, 2012 19:14:41 Paulo Pinto wrote:
Am 21.01.2012 04:48, schrieb Adam D. Ruppe:
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Oh my, don't get me started on college!
I'm so happy I dropped out of that
Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com wrote in message
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On Saturday, January 21, 2012 19:14:41 Paulo Pinto wrote:
Am 21.01.2012 04:48, schrieb Adam D. Ruppe:
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
On 01/20/2012 10:48 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Oh my, don't get me started on college!
I'm so happy I dropped out of that waste.
Yeah, I like the qualifications that Paulo and Jonathan add
On 1/21/12 3:56 PM, Chad J wrote:
I don't think American colleges teach Computer Science/Engineering very
well at all.
Wonder why. USA does have the best programmers in the world though.
Andrei
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I don't think American colleges teach Computer Science/Engineering very
well at all. My physics degree was an Engineering Physics degree and thus
had an engineering emphasis which I filled
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On 1/21/12 3:56 PM, Chad J wrote:
I don't think American colleges teach Computer Science/Engineering very
well at all.
Wonder why. USA does have the best programmers in the world
On 01/21/2012 05:08 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 1/21/12 3:56 PM, Chad J wrote:
I don't think American colleges teach Computer Science/Engineering very
well at all.
Wonder why. USA does have the best programmers in the world though.
Andrei
Sorry I have no numbers to back this up, but
On 01/21/2012 05:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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So college wasn't all that bad to me. They still need to change the
funding model here in the states though. That shit is broken as fuck.
What
On 21/01/12 10:08 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 1/21/12 3:56 PM, Chad J wrote:
I don't think American colleges teach Computer Science/Engineering very
well at all.
Wonder why. USA does have the best programmers in the world though.
Depends on what you mean by the best. Most successful,
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 21:56:35 UTC, Chad J wrote:
I also took a Physics degree instead of a CS degree.
That's what I did for my first go. I actually went
to college twice: one year right after high school,
doing physics (at SUNY Oswego), then wanted to go
home, but a couple years
So college wasn't all that bad to me. They still need to change the
funding model here in the states though. That shit is broken as fuck.
For some people, namely those that are talented and have good
self-motivation, it may very well be worth their while to skip that
mess. Probably
On 01/21/2012 06:35 PM, Era Scarecrow wrote:
So college wasn't all that bad to me. They still need to change the
funding model here in the states though. That shit is broken as fuck.
For some people, namely those that are talented and have good
self-motivation, it may very well be worth their
Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote in message
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First off, they required all the first year students
to live on campus. WTF. And, of course, they required
these exorbitant fees for all that too.
At BGSU, they required
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I have refused to go to college if I can't pay for it upfront
and easily, which was impossible. Right now I have an
option to go leaving me without a debt. There's courses I
want to
On Sunday, 22 January 2012 at 01:17:21 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote in message
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First off, they required all the first year students
to live on campus. WTF. And, of course, they required
Oh crap, I did it again. Sorry for the useless
post, I clicked in the wrong place and it ended up
being the send button :(
On Sunday, 22 January 2012 at 01:17:21 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
And even in the dorms, you still get the middle-of-the-night
fire alarms anyway (speaking of drunks).
On Saturday, January 21, 2012 16:27:05 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
That reminds me: There's a *LOT* of people who told me If two equally good
people apply for the same job, and one has a degree and other other doesn't,
the one with the degree will get the job. They always seem to think that's
On Sunday, 22 January 2012 at 02:12:25 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
The main problem is getting past HR.
All the jobs I've had (so observation bias here) have been
because I knew somebody or knew somebody who knew somebody.
I find it's good business to stay on good terms with everyone
I know,
Adam D. Ruppe:
All the jobs I've had (so observation bias here) have been
because I knew somebody or knew somebody who knew somebody.
This is very often true outside academia (and often inside it too). But no one
tells this (and several other basic things, that probably require about 1 hour
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The main problem is getting past HR. Sure, if you could get into a real
interview with real programmers, you could show that you know what you're
talking about, but without a
On Saturday, January 21, 2012 22:12:46 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Sorry...I couldn't help replying. :/ Don't mean to try to drag you into it.
I don't mind you replying. I'm just trying to get across that I'm not really
interested in going back and forth on it. I clearly disagree with you on the
Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote in message
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Oh crap, I did it again. Sorry for the useless
post, I clicked in the wrong place and it ended up
being the send button :(
Don't you like having the Send Message Before I'm
On 01/21/2012 07:01 PM, Chad J wrote:
On 01/21/2012 06:35 PM, Era Scarecrow wrote:
So college wasn't all that bad to me. They still need to change the
funding model here in the states though. That shit is broken as fuck.
For some people, namely those that are talented and have good
On Friday, 20 January 2012 at 15:40:44 UTC, Robert Clipsham wrote:
https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
Curious: anyone here checked out the author's screencasts?
I found this video amusing so I looked at the others,
but he wants money for it.
Worth the ten bucks?
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Adam D. Ruppe
destructiona...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday, 20 January 2012 at 15:40:44 UTC, Robert Clipsham wrote:
https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
Curious: anyone here checked out the author's screencasts?
I found this video amusing so I looked
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Oh my, don't get me started on college!
I'm so happy I dropped out of that waste.
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
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You could watch this for free, but it's not amusing. I know, I just
graduated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Just watched the first 3 minutes. Out of everything in
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On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Oh my, don't get me started on college!
I'm so happy I dropped out of
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 04:20:16 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
The college == good brainwashing MUST STOP, period
Aye. What's incredible is I've hard these arguments on
other websites, and a *lot* of people fight it.
Alas, I'm watching this video still, and it gets way too
political as
On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 04:20:16 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote in message
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On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 03:43:50 UTC, Caligo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote in message
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On Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 04:20:16 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
The college == good brainwashing MUST STOP, period
Aye. What's incredible is I've hard these arguments on
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I never went to college and I feel no worse for wear for it. At 24, around
an age I would be graduating, I'm glad I'm not looking at spending a
quarter of my income on school loans.
If
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