Re: beginner's question on digital vs film SLRs


"Dave Martindale" <davem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
reminds me of colleges that teach Cobol, UNIX, AS/400, SQL; while
others teach VB.net, C#, Java, etc.
which ones would you go for?

Actually, I'd pick one that taught algorithms, operating systems,
AI, graphics, databases, numerical analysis, computational geometry,
discrete math, statistics, and other stuff that makes up a computer
science education.

Yes, this is important if you're going for a PhD in Computer Science and
want to stay in the academic world of CS. However, if you're more
interested in getting a practical engineering\developer job then this is far
less important. As a retired Software Engineer with 25 years experience I
can honestly say that numerical analysis, computational geometry, discrete
math, statistics, & AI are completely worthless in obtaining & keeping most
any software development position. Understanding databases would be useful
though but not necessary.

The computer language (if any) used for each course
doesn't matter very much.

Not true. If you're going for a Software Engineer\Developer position then
what language & OS platform is extremely important. Employers are looking
for people to contribute from the first day on the job and if you're not
familiar with the language and OS they're developing on then it's very
unlikely you'll get hired. If you don't have a good handle on .NET, C#,
Java, C\C++, etc., you're not getting hired no matter how much you
understand algorithms, AI, statistics, etc.!

At the end, you're supposed to understand
computer systems and how to build software for them, not just learn the
current programming languages.

Understanding the development platform, how to build software for that
platform and the platform language are ALL important.


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