> Markus I would never disagree. I am just disagreeing with David who seems to be at the position that academia is useless and PhDs are unable to do anything useful (he really seems to hate PhD people - it seems to be a personal thing, so no discussion needed). --------------
That's not my opinion nor what I said. I don't hate PhD people. My father was one and some of my best friends are. I don't hate any of them. What I'm saying is my experience is that having a PhD *in itself* doesn't necessarily make one more qualified as a Software Developer. And that often the sorts of skills and mindsets of CS PhD's are not the skills and mindsets needed for writing production quality software. Any more than having a PhD in Math makes you necessarily a good accountant. Or having an PhD in Architecture makes you necessarily any good with a hammer. That doesn't mean I hate them or that I think the skills have no value. Its an age-old debate about the role of Acedemia. Are universities there to create people with skills for industry ? or are they there to create people with skills in reasearch ? The skills often do not overlap. -David -David _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
