Wednesday, March 21, 2007
A decent question
Why Can't Programmers Program?
In my experience, it's because people who don't get what's going on can still pass class. I'm not one to get huffy and puffy if people don't grok references and pointers at first, as long as they are required to do a large project in C before they graduate, which will . . . help them to brush up, so to speak. But really, if you're at a JavaSchool, you can get your degree without understanding what's going on. Scary.
In my experience, it's because people who don't get what's going on can still pass class. I'm not one to get huffy and puffy if people don't grok references and pointers at first, as long as they are required to do a large project in C before they graduate, which will . . . help them to brush up, so to speak. But really, if you're at a JavaSchool, you can get your degree without understanding what's going on. Scary.
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