Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:56:35PM -0700, Scott K wrote: > >>Not to knock the MTC or anything, I have a friend who worked there >>through the end of his BYU career. He didn't bother to get an >>internship, but worked right through and graduated without a job. >> >>He'd been labeled a "Web Programmer". Web programming companies are the >>only people who will talk to him as he works hourly with all the other >>coders, and he's looking at grad school as the ladder out of his pigeon >>hole. That's not what I'm interested in, so I'm just sharing a warning. >> > > > Not to be rude, but I have a hard time believing that this is the full > story. From what I've seen (and correct me if I'm mistaken), fresh CS > graduates are considered mostly blank slates. > > Did this person get really bad grades? Is their resume poorly written? > Are they applying anywhere outside of Utah? It seems to me that there > are a lot more factors than the part-time job you had in college. Sadly enough, when I was shopping my resume around at job fairs, people only saw my heavy web-experience, and basically pidgeon-holed me to not have any *real* programming skills.
Adam
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