Which is why every one of the best software engineers I've known (19
years in the industry) is not a CS major. They studied math,
engineering, physics,...areas in which you learn to solve very
difficult problems and really hone your analytical skills. Sadly, it
appears that few of our CS programs are really concentrating on this,
which is one of the reasons we (ST locally) rarely consider CS
graduates for positions or internships in our automation software
engineering group. The candidates from engineering and mathematical
fields are simply much better.
On Sep 29, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Mary E. Tyler wrote:
Teaching programming is not about languages. It doesn't matter what
language you learn. The simpler the better. Teaching programming is
about problem solving--not just any old problem solving, but a
deconstructive method of problem solving.
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