Subj : Re: SW-design more important than jargon-memory (was: Software Job Market Myths)
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : gds
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 02:20 am

rem642b@Yahoo.Com (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) wrote:
>> From: g...@best.cut.here.com
>> Throughout most of my sw eng career in the 1980s and 1990s,
>> [learning and adapting quickly] was considered more important and
>> valuable to an employer than the ability to remember bits of
>> trivia. [...] It was more important to be able to design an
>> appropriate solution to the problem first, then implement the
>> solution.
>IMO, and IYO, but not according to all the potential employers nowadays.
>Do you have any proposal how to enlighten them to convert to our opinion?

Unfortunately, no.  There is so much competition for jobs now, an
employer can pretty much set any reasonable criteria and find
acceptable candidates.

--gregbo
gds at best dot com

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