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Your point is well taken. One project I was on was for a very narrow public sector division, and there was no one who would have experience. The customer had to train everyone they hired.
We had a good analyst who faithfully documented what the customer needed, we implemented what was asked, and at final review, the project was canceled. The customer assigned a person who had been with the division less than 6 months to work with our analyst, and that person did not understand the business, so the requirements were wrong. The program did what it was designed to do, but it didn't do what was needed.
However, in general, teams I've worked with had a good balance of subject matter experts, business & technical analysts, and programmers, so programmers not having years of experience in that domain was sufficiently addressed. I've had a lot more successful projects that not, so it's working.
But this is not related to my point. If a college instructor has real world experience, in ANY domain, they understand many of the non-language facets of programming in a group. Things their fellows without real experience do not.
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BryanFazekas wrote: Not one listed any professional experience -- lots of academic awards and activities, but no practical experience.
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach"
- Unknown
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And those who can't teach become department heads/deans/administrators...
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That's not the only thing they don't know, unfortunately.
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Command what?
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Make em use it for Tick Tock.
edit: oops, meant it for the OP.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Words [almost] said to our new entry-level hire a while back: "Don't give me that blank look, I'll hit you for your impertinence."
Software Zen: delete this;
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You might want to take a college education, and then there is a great danger that you will be forced to to Linux. Besides, when Linux takes over the desktop, you will have to learn to do spreadsheets and business graphics from the command line.
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My daughter is Comp Sci at uni and they use gcc and the like from command prompts on the *nix VMs they use. “Download this VM image to do this lab”
I have seen her use powershell as well.
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She will be better prepared than others then. Excellent.
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I'd like to give a big shout out to my fingers – I can always count on them.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'd give my right hand to be ambidextrous!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Once again, you knuckled down and nailed it!
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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To do advanced math you will need to consider Toetals
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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You can count to ten?! Wow! I'm impressed!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I can get to twenty with my socks off!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What?! Is that all?
In the tradition of those puzzles that ask one to count the number of squares, I suggest you count your hands and feet too. There y'go - an extra 20% to your upper-limit.
You're welcome
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Two friends and I can count to sixty.
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I can dig it.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Am I the only one with a bad back from years of sitting hunched over a keyboard and monitor?
Zaphod
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Dunno about "only" but mine is fine.
I feel for you though - back pain can be really nasty.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Have you tried changing your sitting position.
Maybe if you are only hunched over your keyboard, and not your monitor as well, it might help.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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modified 13-Aug-21 8:19am.
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I had the same problem until I got an ergonomic chair and adjusted it to my desk. My problem was that the chair rests, desk and keyboard were out of alignment. Now my arms are parallel to the desk and I'm able to sit upright. It mad a huge difference.
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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One of the things I do as an IT Director is keep an eye out for people who are causing themselves pain due to little things like chair height, monitor height, etc. I don't believe those ergonomic chairs are right for everyone, but I do believe that being comfortable when working an office job reduces stress and injury.
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