Hi! On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 01:58:49PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: > I've been analizing the different career options related to Computers > available in Argentina, and I've found out, not surprisingly, that > they all aim for people developing end-user applications, mainly with > Java or .NET.
I suppose you are talking about degrees, therefore the following thoughts are based on that guess. > Some of them do include, "Introduction to Operating Systems", > "Introduction to Computer Architectures" and maybe "Introduction to > Embedded Systems". But they are all introductions and the quality of > those subjects tends to be quite bad. > > Is this something that happens everywhere? Or are there more options > in the rest of the world? Things look similar here (Spain). > Basically, I feel that there's a vacuum of career options for people > who already know all the "introduction" parts, and wish to delve more > deeply into the development of low-level code (kernel, X, libs, etc). Note that not everybody starts their degree with enough experience to just skip the introduction parts in the courses. In addition, I guess that making different plans for advanced and non-advanced students is a fact that is not interesting for the people who rule the plans. IMHO, degrees shouldn't be focused in specific topics such as kernel development because it could end up in a problem, everyone would like be specialized in something and it is impossible to build personalized plans for each one. With regard to your first paragraph, Why Java and not X development? In short and sadly, learning Java opens you more doors that X development does ;) Just my two cents. -- bye, - Nacho -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
