Subj : Re: Academic grades and programming
To   : comp.programming
From : Ivan Mascovich
Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 07:42 pm

Jyrki Alakuijala <Jyrki.Alakuijala@find.me.via.google> wrote in news:dc287r
$2n9$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi:

>
> I have had more successful experiences working with Ph.D. and M.Sc.
> level coders, especially when top-of-the-class, than one with mediocre
> university performance or B.Sc level studies. Another important factor
> in becoming a good programmer, is that most have started programming in
> teenage (or earlier). However, I know a couple of good programmers who
> are university drop-outs.

I've had the opposite experience. Those with graduate degrees in CS tend to 
be the WORST domestic coders.

Code produced in academia (eg X Windows), next to offshored code, tends to 
be the worst I've seen.

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