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- From: hip@a.cs.okstate.edu (HUFFMAN BRADLEY SP)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- References: <1992Aug31.170849.11927@mprgate.mpr.ca>
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.211256.20455@a.cs.okstate.edu>
- Organization: Oklahoma State University
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 21:12:56 GMT
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- From article <1992Aug31.170849.11927@mprgate.mpr.ca>, by mcvey@mpr.ca (Iain McVey):
- >
- > 'Computing Science types' who truly understand accounting should write
- > better accounting packages, shouldn't they?
- >
- Ha!
-
- You just reminded me of one of my favorite grips with "computer science",
- every time I mention that "computer science" professors should try to
- teach more real world problems I'm hit with the go old "We teach science,
- not coding". Even had a professor ask me why I program in COBOL at my
- job, dumb founded at such a silly question I said "I like to eat".
-
- Also I suggest to a friend of mine who is about to get her Ph.d in Agronemy
- that she should go work in industry for a few years, her respones was "No,
- it makes it harder to get a faculty position later". My instance respones
- was "You mean universities don't want people with real world experence?".
- To which she replied "You got it".
-
- The point of my ramblings is that there is more to computers that small
- algorithms for your next journel article. Life changes when you have
- a payroll to get out and most computer science people I've met in a
- university setting are so wraped up in their "science" they couldn't
- handle payroll for a small 10 person company let alone a corporation.
-
- Since accountants must take continuing education credits, I think professors
- should every 2 years be forced to go work in industry for 3 months.
-