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In article <1992Jul21.214021.12546@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mkudzin@engws5.ic.sunysb.edu (Matthew A Kudzin) writes:
>In article <1992Jul20.172531.57369@cc.usu.edu> sl859@cc.usu.edu writes:
>>> Don't listen to these guys!  Go to school!  Get your degree!  It's just another
>>> four years (insignificant compared with a 30-year career)!  If you don't, you'll
>>> end up a bartender or truck driver, and you'll never know what you could have
>>> done.
>>
>
>One thing that has not been mentioned yet in this thead (at least not so far 
>as I've seen) is that if you want to be a programmer, you should have a 
>degree, but not necessarily a CS degree.  I am currently a Math/Physics major
>and I routinely (about five or six per year) get job offers looking for 
>programmers.  This includes offers from game companies.  Apparently, a lot of
>companies are looking for more than just CS majors.

I am a CS major, but I like to think I'm also "more than just" a CS major.
Indeed, "Math/Physics major" is not adequate to describe you as a person.
Every individual is unique, and has their own unique set of skills and
talents, likes and dislikes.

But why these companies think a Math/Physics major would be happy programming
all day long is beyond me.  Usually, when people get a degree in a particular
field it's because that's what they want to do for a living.  So, the next time
you get one of these annoying offers, give them my name.  If somebody offers me
a job working with a particle accelerator, I'll give them yours.

Greg Bonney
bonney@esds.mdc.com