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Article #19Re: Engineers etc.
From: Andrew Ormsby
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:30
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:30
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In article <BzCoyL.Apw@newcastle.ac.uk> J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk (Jon Harley) writes: > But the BCS _doesn't_ value scientists as much as *.Engineers. I've recently > discovered that when evaluating computing experience, research only counts > for half as much as routine software development. So, after 3 years doing > original computer science research for a PhD, and thus making a genuine > contribution to the field, I only have 1.5 years towards the requirement > for becoming an ordinary member of the BCS (min. 4 years). But why should the BCS value science as much as engineering experience? After all, the PhD is the reward for the research. The C.Eng (or whatever) is supposed to indicate something else. Building research systems, whether you make a genine contribution to the field or not, is frequently (though not always) significantly different to building industrial strength systems, and should be. Whether the BCS succeeds in doing what it sets out to do is another matter. -- Andrew Ormsby AI & Robotics Research Group, Department of Computer Science, aro@aber.ac.uk University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!gdt!aber!aberfa!aro From: aro@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Ormsby) Newsgroups: uk.bcs.misc Subject: Re: Engineers etc. Message-ID: <ARO.92Dec18173033@csthor.aber.ac.uk> Date: 18 Dec 92 17:30:33 GMT References: <BzCJwv.4A8@newcastle.ac.uk> <BzCoyL.Apw@newcastle.ac.uk> Sender: news@aber.ac.uk (USENET news service) Reply-To: aro@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Ormsby) Distribution: uk Organization: CS Dept, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk's message of 16 Dec 92 11: 51:56 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.dcs.aber.ac.uk