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- From: schuette@quip.eecs.umich.edu (R. Wade Schuette)
- Subject: Re: Programmers
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.100943.15877@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
- References: <peterd.716085594@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1992Sep11.165639.24682@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> <18rl1sINNhme@early-bird.think.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 10:09:43 GMT
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- In article <18rl1sINNhme@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep11.165639.24682@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) writes:
- >>a. Ability to spell.
- >>b. Ability to write simple, complete sentences in any language.
- >>c. Ability to communicate what they claim to know.
- >
- >These skills are useful for everyone, not just computer professionals, and
- >lack of these skills is rampant in most engineering discliplines. Since
- >this discussion is taking place in comp.* groups, let's try to focus on the
- >problems specific to computers. I don't think we have any hope here of
- >solving all the problems of the education system, but we might be able to
- >make some inroads into the issues unique to computer science.
- >Barry Margolin
-
- I'll agree that focus is good, but if skills are necessary for the field,
- they seem relevant even if they are also necessary for other fields.
-
- Somewhat in that category I'd also add:
- d. ability to function as part of a team
- e. ability to take criticism of one's work constructively
- f. ability to constructively criticize other team members work
-
- In some ways these seem a unique requirement of any serious development
- project, regardless of language and methodology. If you can't participate
- in a group walkthrough of your design, analysis, and implementation I
- don't want you on MY team.
-
- Wade
-
-
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