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Member 7989122 wrote: Of all software developers I have met in my career, something like 3% have any work experience in the application domain they are writing software for. With Linux developers: a small fraction of a per cent. Interesting. 100% of the people I work with have at least 5 years experience in the technologies we work with, and this is current technology. Back in the 90's it was common to start a new job and learn new tech at the same time, but in the last 15 years my experience is ya gotta have experience to get in the door. Makes it tough for new grads to get started.
Back to my original point: a large chunk of college instructors have 0% professional experience and as a result, teach the material but have no real understanding of how it applies in the real world. I accessed the staff page of a large university and randomly selected 5 staff members and checked their bios. Not one listed any professional experience -- lots of academic awards and activities, but no practical experience.
This is a problem across all industries, not just comp sci.
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BryanFazekas wrote: 00% of the people I work with have at least 5 years experience in the technologies we work with, and this is current technology You probably think of different aspects than I do. I wasn't thinking of technology but tasks, established methods, work patterns and terminology, ...
For how many years did you work as a librarian, in a real book library before you started working on that library software? For how long were you working in a sound studio with mixers and reverb boxes before digging into that digital sound studio? How may city planning projects did you see from intial conception to completion before you were employed to develop software for managing that kind of tasks?
I am not talking about sitting in on a project for a couple months to learn how "they" are doing things, "their" tasks, terminology and concepts, but experiencing it as how we are doing things, our tasks, terminology and concept. You are not there to learn. You are in that sw development group to teach the other software developers what your needs are, because you work in that problem domain.
I have worked with librarians having sufficient software training to understand what those sw developers are talking about. Same with sound studio people. And city planners. And professionals in a handful other domains. But they were not the software developers. They were fighting hard to get the developers to understand how librarians, sound studio people and city planners view the world, their tasks and problems. Not technologies but tasks and issues belonging to the profession, regardless of technology.
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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
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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!
Ravings en masse^ |
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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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