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- From: indyfan@bga.com (Robert Berryhill)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Pros and Cons of taking C++ courses over teaching self.
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 21:43:52 GMT
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- squonk5@aol.com (Squonk5) wrote:
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- >I want to learn C++ and am a little tight on money. I feel confident in
- >my ability to teach myself so I was wondering what the advantages and
- >disadvantages of teaching myself vs. taking a course are. Also, how do
- >the two options compare when searching for a job. (i.e. how do they look
- >on a resume).
-
- I don't know about the resume part, but speaking from my own
- experience (I have taught myself Basic, Assembly, Pascal, C & C++) you
- lose some of things that you would get in class. Stuff like
- algorithms, terminology, & you don't have other people around whose
- code you can look at and see how they approached the same problem
- differently than you did. However, you do have the ability to learn
- it much faster & not have to find a class schedule that fits in with
- your work schedule.
-
- My two cents.
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- Robert Berryhill indyfan@bga.com
- Austin, Tx
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