"Did you come as a potential student, or as a teacher?"

[jschell]

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

they teach theory and in the real world we do things differently. It should be more practical, less ideology,

Seems just like any school. Certainly in my electrical engineering lab class (you know actual hands on) the two actual practicing engineers that were my lab partners (taking it for the same reason as you - more money from the company) showed that early on when they instantly recognized that a electrical component was bad. As to my confusion when I was busily trying to find any info at all that lead them to that conclusion from the class literature they just pointed out that they 'knew' it. I believe they also pointed out that for a specific type of electrical circuit that absolutely no one would actually build it that way. Supposed to be a functioning amplifier but it was missing necessary components that would keep a practical device from running away with feedback noise. Certainly part of the reason that to this day I do not equate a 'formal education' as an equivalent to any amount of actual professional programming.

[Lost User]

jschell wrote:

Seems just like any school.

Most of the vacancies require accreditation; so, like any other manager, I need be young to be malleable and old enough to have experience. Oh, and a recent degree.

jschell wrote:

Certainly part of the reason that to this day I do not equate a 'formal education' as an equivalent to any amount of actual professional programming

I've seen those with a degree who get confused by code. Having a degree would not hurt me and it would be rather cheap. I know it's the wrong motivation, but there's a lot of toys there, and coffee with whipped cream. There's no downside to doing it. I will be pissing of the next potential employee about having whipped cream in my coffee, and how that's required to prevent bugs :laugh:

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.