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In article <1992Apr9.012727.4670@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911409@ariel.yorku.ca (RICHARD DAVID ASPINALL) writes:
>	Are you saying that I was getting a better education there than
>I am at University (BTW I'm learning C, C++ OOP).  Did I make a mistake ?
>I don't think so, but if you would like to offer me a job I could
>reconsider my position.   :)
>	I would like to think that I am getting something of value at U.
>and that I will have sellable skills in the near future,  but I look in
>the paper and most ads are asking for COBAL, dBase and sometimes Clipper!
>The few ads I've seen for C and C++ generally ask for significant experience

	Just like to add my 2c to this whole thing:

	It would appear that, in general, universities train CS students
to learn about computer science, and not 'how to program in language X'.
This is probably the best way of going about things, as learning a 
language is really a matter of getting a book and reading it.  Thus,
universities can spend their time teaching paradigms and somewhat more
important and theoretically useful things.

	However, for the most part, this isn't what corporations want,
and most people end up having to learn COBOL and dBASE...

	Kinda sad.


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