On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was also taught C as an undergrad but having already learned Java, C > and C++ before arriving at University I found the C course very easy > so my own experience is not representative. Many of the other students > at that time found the course too hard and just cheated on all the > assignments (I remember one students offering to fix/finish anyone's > assignment in exchange for a bottle of cider!).
Student cheats on assignment and gets, in effect, a fraudulent certification. (Piece of paper claims competence, competence doesn't exist.) Graduating student shows certification to employer. Employer hires ex-student, because employer doesn't know good code from bad (hence hiring someone). Ex-student writes a pile of junk, then leaves for a better opportunity. Real programmer is hired, or seconded from another project, to fix a few small issues in ex-student's code. Lunatic asylum gains another patient. It's all too common. I'd like to tell people that they're only cheating themselves, but the trouble is, they're cheating other people a lot more. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
