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- From: des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
- Subject: Re: "Training" of programmers
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.095827.22123@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Organization: INMOS architecture group
- References: <Btx4vF.Jx6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Sep4.151001.9886@sei.cmu.edu> <Bu5qD3.GAM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Sep8.134351.24043@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 09:58:26 BST
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- In article <1992Sep8.134351.24043@bohra.cpg.oz.au>, daavid@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Daavid Turnbull) writes:
- >To me software engineering is a little like driving a car. You get to square
- >one by reading the manual or taking some lessons, getting a mate to show you
- >etc. The real learning however takes place once you hit the road on your
- >own... and god heap anyone who gets in your way during the first couple of
- >months.
-
- yes ... i can remember when my driving instructor told me that
- the best way to drive a car was to keep going until you hit
- someone else, get out of the car and try to find out why you hit
- them, get back in, back off, take a corrected path through the
- traffic and wait till you hit someone else. after a few hours
- of accident free driving then you'd learn.
-
- BTW :-)
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