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Epoch Times wrote: Only after mastering these skills will the higher level theory taught in schools be useful.
That's rubbish (IMHO).
But I do agree that simply having a degree in Computer Science maketh a software engineer not. Practical experience is necessary because it exposes the engineer to real-world issues which (for the sake of practicality) can only be glossed over in a classroom environment. This is why internships done while studying are of great value.
Aside: I've worked with several very proficient devs who don't have a CS degree but are more than able to carry their weight. And then some.
/ravi
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I think it's the same in any technical profession. I've known some graduate engineers who couldn't do engineering and I've known some people who could run circles around most engineers but never got a degree.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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The main divide here is that people can't relate to what is taught in colleges with what's out there....
But the fundamental take away here is learning should never cease.
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To be a successful programmer you need two things, the desire to continually learn AND practice.
A degree is not intended to teach a person a trade so they can go out and practice that trade for a living. A degree gives you a foundation and exposes you to a variety of topics. To simply be aware what knowledge exists out there to be able to draw upon for a solution is very powerful.
You need to actually go out and practice to learn how to apply what you have been taught in college for the degree.
Having a degree will open doors, even if they are not in the related field that you work in. Some companies will not even consider candidates unless they have a degree.
There are plenty of jobs out there that require all range of skill and education levels.
From the very narrowly focused view-point that the article takes, yeah, there are people that create mega-corporations without degrees. They are the exception and not the rule.
Then of course a programmer can always google...
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Many decades ago I got a PhD in Computer Science and became a professor with the chair in Computer Science. After three years of teaching almost the same syllabus (heavy on "History of Computing") I got out and took a job as a junior programmer in an aircraft company. I would say I learned more during the five years with that company (despite the boss being an old-school, self-taught, tyrannical idiot) than all the academia up to that point. I am still learning and when I look back at what I did for my PhD, my thesis, about home computers and home computer gaming in "the future" (this was before any of it existed, before the PC, before Commodore PETs, etc.) was the only thing that still had some relevance. I did predict the internet, but not kitten pictures, U-Tube or Twitter - although there was something that was sort of Facebookish.
The point is, everything keeps changing and by the time it is put into a college syllabus it is probably out of date, especially these days. For example, I put off learning SilverLight and now I don't need to!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Another aspect is that you learn fundamentals of engineering math, sciences etc.
There is no replacement for practice.
The real world definitely is different than academia, and I believe they both are important.
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On March 6, 2001, a specification proposal was born within the JCP. It was called JSR 107: Java Temporary Caching API (JCache for short) and it seemed doomed to languish within the JCP longer than any other specification proposal for the language. But almost exactly 13 years later, in March of this year, the specification was completed thanks to the efforts of Greg Luck, and Oracle’s Brian Oliver and Cameron Purdy.
Took long enough.
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Just in time for the Bar Mitzvah celebrations... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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It's a spec, including embedded examples, and implementations in portable C and JavaScript. We strived mightily to stay true to the spirit of Markdown in writing it. # This makes _me_ **happy**
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Nearly 70 percent of current IE users must upgrade to a newer IE -- or switch browsers -- in the next 16 months, before support will end. People like the big blue 'e'
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I still use IE 9. In Vista.
I like the word "Must"
We don't "have" to do anything.
For those that want to get rid of it all together there is a command line option.
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Google has partnered with scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara to build new processors for use in quantum computing systems. Or maybe they're not
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Or maybe they're not
Actually, they are and they are not simultaneously.
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My head: it 'slodes! 
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: it 'slodes!
It goes to this hotel[^]?
I think you meant 'splodes!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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See what happens when my poor head 'splodes?
TTFN - Kent
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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One of the deepest questions in computer science is called P vs NP, and answering the question would earn you a million dollar prize. In case you want to pick up a little spare change on the side
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One of the claims made upon initially announcing C++ AMP was that it would be a portable, extensible standard. Parsing the open specification makes it clear that the design is true to that goal, but we were short of an actual proof. In one fell swoop, the good folks at AMD, working in tandem with MulticoreWare, have removed this final concern by introducing an open source implementation of C++ AMP. It thus becomes possible to use C++ AMP in Windows, Linux or in OS X, exploiting a plethora of hardware platforms. Since we have discussed this project in the past, you can get a better understanding of it by perusing our older blog post. OK, one of you '++' folk is going to have to 'splain this to me before I can make a joke
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AMD are using C++ AMP to allow programmers to write "heterogenous" programs for their Kaveri CPUs. Seeing as no one has produced OpenCL 2.0 drivers yet, C++ AMP remains the only way to do this.
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Microsoft's next major Windows release is rumored to have some connection to a 'Windows as a Service' concept. But WaaS may not be what many think. Can we kill this bad idea (WaaS) before it goes any further?
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Goodbye Windows 8 and 8.1, Hello something probably worse and unnecessary in ways we cannot yet even fathom until Microsoft drops it on us like a ton of misplaced bricks in a couple weeks.
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Java could add read-evaluation-print-loop tool as part of Project Kulla, but analysts wonder if it's a good fit. Because real coders write all their code interactively?
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OpenJDK loves its religious symbolism. Valhalla, Kulla (ancient Mesopotamian god of building)...maybe they're taking themselves a wee bit too seriously?
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