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Joel Gives College Advice For Programmers

Posted by timothy on from the oh-great-now-he-tells-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joel on Software explains what college students should do with their lives. Interesting to note is how he justifies such trivialties as GPA scores and well-roundedness, the very things comments here tend to think are overrated. In short, learn to write English, learn to write C, and don't worry about India!"

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  1. Re:YES by StevenHenderson · · Score: 2, Funny
    Seriosly, bad communication skills generate huge costs in lost time

    So do spelling errors... :)

  2. Its . . . by JJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . . amazing how much bad grammer and poor spelings holds back you.

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  3. when I was in College by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was a closet-nerd.

    I joined the Football team, I went to the gym, I dated the cheerleaders... but at some point it got so frustrating to live such a falsehood.

    I eventually moved out of the frathouse and into a poorly lit basement appartment and switched from a BA in Phys. Ed. to Computer Sciences.

    Now I read slashdot and I live the out-of-closet life of a warflamin'geek! w00

  4. English by csbruce · · Score: 2, Funny

    In short, learn to write English, learn to write C, and don't worry about India!

    Hinds' Seventh Law: "Make it possible for programmers to write programs in English, and you will find that programmers cannot write in English."

    Bruce's Seventh Law: "Make it possible for programmers to write programs in C, and you will find that programmers cannot write in C."

  5. puppeteer philosophy of hiring by spoonyfork · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're in the position to hire personnel and are looking to staff a position... take your stack of applications and divide them in half at random. Take one stack and throw it into the trash.

    Avoid hiring unlucky people.

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  6. Re:AC Gives College Advice For US Programmers by wcrowe · · Score: 4, Funny

    learn bricklaying and plastering, plumbing, carpentry, welding

    That way you can compete with Mexicans for jobs instead of Indians.

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  7. Re:Slashdot anti-intellectualism by PitaBred · · Score: 4, Funny

    Conformance would have made this post much more readable...

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  8. Re:Do you want to be Joel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    And on that note, while Joel's bug tracking software does do a "fair" job (and I'll agree with his comments about it being a usability-friendly piece of software), it also is very poor for being dynamic or extensible.

    Hey Joel you listening? Shoulda tried to stay awake in that "dynamic logic" class, eh?