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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 Thunderstruck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry about that, bad communication can also stem from trying to get "teh frist post!!!!"

    I'm actually rather shocked to be so far from that elusive goal.

    --
    Trying to use sarcasm in text-based forums does not work.
  2. Re:while (*s++ = *t++); by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    God, why the hell are we still using C strings? More generally, why are we even using a low-level language at all for non-performance-critical applictions?