On January 6, 2005 08:51 am, Giovanni Cuzzola wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > I took the diploma 2 years ago and they taught java. > I have never heard of Sait teaching Pascal, Fortran, Qbasic. > Are you sure he is not at Devry ? Sait does not have Comp Science. > I have already checked the course for the degree there, and none of those > courses are mentioned. > > Also, thanks everyone to respond. I agree with most of you when you say > that it is better to learn on your own and course are worthless. > On the other hand, I think courses are very important if you work in > corporation in a big team. This is because computer courses usually > teach some standard to follow while working in a group.
Who sets the standard? Odds are you'll be using a different 'standard' in every project. This is even true of OSS projects. A good coder will adapt quickly. > I think if you learn a language on your own you become an "hacker" You say that like it's a bad thing :) many a FOSS project is written by many 'hackers'. > while > if you learn "well" in school you could become a good professional. I think school is valuble, but it's often who you know more than what you know. Luckily there's some good contacts right here on this list. Lots of people learn better if they are shown something rather than reading it, too. School is the way to go in that case. > I know many people might disagree, but man I am here to criticize and being > criticize. Yup, thats why we're here. Good luck with whatever you decide to do! > > thanks, > > Giovanni > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] [OT] Sait > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:51:23 -0700 > > > One of the people here is taking a comp sci course at SAIT. Last > > semester, he took C++, and Java. He's looking forward to Pascal (not > > even Turbo), Fortran and Qbasic this semester. Now really, ESPECIALLY > > given the order they're taught in, is there any reason AT ALL for either > > of the programming courses he's in this semester? Sure, they used to > > matter. There might have even been a slightly increased need during Y2K. > > But really, does every comp sci student need to take them? > > > > Kev. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
