Unsay gamit ani...? (message to students and fresh graduate)

[nyxgorf]

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and P.e sir.. dli man ma gamit.. kai cge rman ko ingkud.. wla gyud physical fitness.. ang kamot ra ang healthy.

[Rainerius]

Sakto gyud ang TS. Medical akong course (Physical Therapy) pero now I work as a Software Developer. Walay gamit nang ma kat-onan nimo sa college (Except English and Math) kay technology sige lang og usab2x.

Self study FTW!

[kamsky]

Sakto gyud ang TS. Medical akong course (Physical Therapy) pero now I work as a Software Developer. Walay gamit nang ma kat-onan nimo sa college (Except English and Math) kay technology sige lang og usab2x.

Self study FTW!

curious about the quality of a software developer who studies medical courses if better than developer who graduated engineering/computer science courses.

Dont worry so much on technology change because your experience and foundation is still very useful.

i still believe with formal education, dont waste your parents money that sent you to college

[kolz]

hmm ... well just an example.

My previous company here in Singapore, we have a colleague who graduated with a Mass Comm degree who became a software developer (through self study, and experience). During a company re-org, his group was assigned to the digital comm, most of the projects involved firmware, it didn't take long enough for him - he asked to be re-assigned to the applications group, as he doesn't have the competency to handle electrical and embedded systems design.

My point is, anyone can be a programmer these days, but to become a technology specialist is another. I can definitely call my ex-colleague a real software developer (probably better than other people I knew who graduated with a computer sci degree), his knowledge doesn't have depth for now(at only 3 years of software dev. experience), but perhaps sometime in the near future he maybe able to take on embedded systems design, if he studied long enough in the University of The Real World.

A 4 year industry experience (intensive software development), is almost equivalent to a 4 year comp. science degree...

[eax]

Know how to use RTFM.

[kamsky]

A 4 year industry experience (intensive software development), is almost equivalent to a 4 year comp. science degree...

yes this is true for some ppl. but some ppl discredit the usefulness of univeristy degree, questioning if it's useful or not.

had it been the mass com guy study DILIGENTLY (i know some students graduated from com-sci com-sci school) in a computer science, he will be much shorter time to adjust in SD world.

[kolz]

yes this is true for some ppl. but some ppl discredit the usefulness of univeristy degree, questioning if it's useful or not.

I concur, having a university degree makes it a lot easier for people to join the SD industry.

A degree in Computer Science is almost like a trap, graduates have to continually learn and hone their skills, they have to stay relevant and updated, otherwise they'll be obsolete. Unlike in some other courses where the fundamentals learned in college never changes, in Computer Science and Engineering, fundamentals do sometimes change, and so what you know yesterday might not be what it is tomorrow.