On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Kristina Anderson wrote: > My question to you Urb: Would you consider me, a person with a non-CS > university degree (B.A.), and 10 years of actual paid experience, to > be "self taught" or merely "non traditionally formally educated"...? > It's true that the skills to be a good programmer were learned "in the > field" and not in a classroom but isn't that true of everyone? And to > say "self taught" is to really underestimate the contributions of very > brilliant people I have learned from over the years including one Dr. > Jerry A. who posts to this list, and many others.
I would also say, that many "professions" require practical experience in the field. Doctors have internships. Architects have to work for a firm for a certain length of time, etc etc. That looks like on-the-job training to me. Certainly a programmer that has a degree and has several years of paid experience ought to be considered a professional of some kind. -- Aj. _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
