On 11/03/2015 04:23 PM, Walt Haas wrote: > Regardless of what formal education you get, our field changes so fast > that every five years you will have to retrain yourself for whatever is new. > > That being said, I think if you are going to get a degree, you should > focus on the basics - things like theory that won't change in five > years. Teaching languages (Java is still the current favorite I think) > change at regular intervals, but the basics of designing good programs > are more enduring. Understanding the difference between procedural, > object and functional programming is of fundamental importance. > >
I agree about the theory. I think project management is some of the most important stuff I learned at school. While we're on this topic three thing I wish I had started using sooner: regex git testing Kyle _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
