Subj : Re: Are programmers like this in the real world?
To   : comp.programming
From : topmind
Date : Sun Jul 24 2005 11:47 pm


I have to agree with some of the other replies: Classroom projects
often don't reflect the real world very well. I haven't had to use link
lists after graduating a gajillion years ago. Instead we use databases
and associative arrays that come with the language or out-of-a-box.
Businesses don't want to pay people to reinvent wheels. Reinventing
wheels may be good practice in school, but may give one an unrealistic
view of actual projects. There are some specialties where such
knowledge is valueable, but it is generally in niches.

-T-

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