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Article #5185Re: NRI Schools any good????
From: Robert Fry
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 19:24
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 19:24
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<WXMBX@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: >I am interested in enrolling in C++ in Windows from NRI schools. I am sure >most of you have seen their ads in all of the PC Magazine press. Basically >it is a home based study course and they provide the materials. >I would like to hear about any comments or experiences good or bad. >By the way he cost of the tuition is about $2000. > > Having done some hiring for a couple of startups, I'll say that some education is better than none when comparing entry-level people. An NRI certificate would probably be considered equivalent to someone without a degree but with some college at most of the places where I worked, at least so far as their programming skills are concerned. Much more important would be the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the languages they're to be working in -- we've always come up with some sort of test to see if they truly did know what they said they did.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: bobfry@crl.com (Robert Fry) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu,misc.education Subject: Re: NRI Schools any good???? Date: 7 Sep 1995 12:24:20 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Message-ID: <42ngt4$8vk@crl.crl.com> References: <95250.091721WXMBX@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com