Re: Formal programming education

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From: James T Graves
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:12

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Excerpts from netnews.rec.games.programmer: 21-Jul-92 Re: Formal
programming educ.. by Matthew A Kudzin@engws5. 
> 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.
>  

Conversely, a lot of CS majors are looking for more in their jobs than
just programming.  ;)

Jim
 
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:12:45 -0400 
From: James T Graves <jg4o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Formal programming education
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