Re: [aus-dotnet] Adelaide

[Arjang Assadi]

Those who can do , do it
Those who cant, teach!

Regards
Arjang
On 9/16/05, Mitch Denny <mitch.denny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Personally I'd like to see a degree you can go and do after you have
> been in the industry for five years. You get past the entry level
> material and go straight for some hardcore comp-sci problems and spend
> 1-2 years trying to solve them completely.
> 
> This would turn the value of university on its head because after you
> got out you would have experience AND you have proven that you can solve
> a hard problem.
> 
> I've tried to go and do a degree several times but as soon as the
> lecturer tells me that I can't do something just because they will mark
> me down for it without a satisfactory explaination - I just loose
> interest.
> 
> I have no time for people that can't back up a technique or practice
> with a really solid reason why. Especially when they have the ability to
> pass or fail me.
> 
> Grrrr :)
> 
> 
> Mitch Denny
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:peter@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Girish
> Madan
> Sent: Friday, 16 September 2005 11:21 AM
> To: dotnet@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [aus-dotnet] Adelaide
> 
> Forget about the big melbourne universities named here, have a look at
> the small universities or other institutes across Australia which are
> surviving only on the international students. They have no other option
> but to take students irrespective of their backgrounds and pass them
> irrespective of their performance or knowledge.
> 
> It sounds ridiculous but this is business and it works like this. Wait
> for few years and we will see the declining value of the degrees with
> more fierce competition in the market. Good skills??? Oh yeah, it will
> be a bit harder to find them as well.
> 
> 
> Girish
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