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In article <1992Apr9.212406.14502@cs.mcgill.ca> troye@cs.mcgill.ca (Troy ENGLISH) writes:
> I don't know what world you are living in but frankly after doing lots
> of looking for summer jobs and talking to 'corporate canada' the things
> they want you to know are simple...Dbase and Cobol. Dbase more than
> anything, they couldn't give a damn about any theory you might know.
> Oh, they kind of appreciate Clipper and they consider FoxPro to be
> exotic and have never even heard of lisp. C will do you well too but
> nothing like Dbase. So... if you want a job go to one of those job
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> grindmills that advertise about 'your futur in software programming'
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> where they will spend the entire time teaching you Dbase, lotus and 
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> workperfect.
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Sorry, can't pass this one by...

    If you want a career then make sure that you get a proper education.
If you just want a job then you're probably in the wrong field.  Also,
do you REALLY want to work for an employer who can't see beyond your
immediate skills to see the potential that you offer?

    Before I get flamed too much, I should point out that I realize that
the economy isn't exactly running on all cylinders.  As a consequence,
it probably makes a lot of sense to optimize some things in the short term.
Just don't forget that five or ten years from now, you might get tired
of your job and wish that you had optimized your career.  In my humble
opinion, in the computing field, optimizing your career starts with a
University education.

Nuf said.

P.S. I've got 13 years of experience since I graduated with by BSc in
computing.  I've done a lot of crazy things.  Practically none of them
would have been possible without a University education.  On the other hand,
I don't make anywhere near as much or do as interesting things (from their
perspective) as a lot of people without University training.

>
>>Somehow, the educational system is relying on the curriculum of the 80's
>>and Corporate Canada has moved into the 90's.
>
>	Hardly. 
>>
>Troy
>
>
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