Sorry, ergo98, the only reason that I could assume that you have a college degree is because you are waving your hand and talking about vague, unsubstantiated things like the median IQ of Canadian university students.
Yeah and that certainly must be the "non-university" people
You also seem to assume that I have a degree, and that I am rolling it up into a little telescope to look down my nose at the "non-university" people. Fact is, I dropped out of high school. The 'bizzaro' correlation is only yours.
meaning, for those of you falling under 112
I simply ask that people who think they are smart enough to tell those of us who aren't what AVERAGE means actually get it right and punctuate the sentence properly. Not too much to ask of someone who's calling you an idiot.
I, too, have a CS job with no CS degree. I have read quite a few of these posts, much to my amusement. However, one thing troubles me: if you have no degree, and want to check in to stick up for the 'no degree' option, please make sure you don't make foolish mistakes. This means 'check your spelling' and 'don't pretend to understand statistics'; you will only justify the argument you're up against.
ergo98, 'median' and 'average' are two different things. If four Canadian university students' IQs test at 111, 110, 109, and 118, their average IQ is 112. However, 75% of the students are below 112.
I've also seen lots of posts containing improper grammar, random (or missing) apostrophes, tense and singular/plural conflicts, and plain old misspellings.
It wouldn't take much of a metaphor to argue that proper spelling, grammar and mathematical understanding comprise the majority of what it takes to write a program.
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Yeah and that certainly must be the "non-university" people
You also seem to assume that I have a degree, and that I am rolling it up into a little telescope to look down my nose at the "non-university" people. Fact is, I dropped out of high school. The 'bizzaro' correlation is only yours.
meaning, for those of you falling under 112
I simply ask that people who think they are smart enough to tell those of us who aren't what AVERAGE means actually get it right and punctuate the sentence properly. Not too much to ask of someone who's calling you an idiot.
ergo98, 'median' and 'average' are two different things. If four Canadian university students' IQs test at 111, 110, 109, and 118, their average IQ is 112. However, 75% of the students are below 112.
I've also seen lots of posts containing improper grammar, random (or missing) apostrophes, tense and singular/plural conflicts, and plain old misspellings.
It wouldn't take much of a metaphor to argue that proper spelling, grammar and mathematical understanding comprise the majority of what it takes to write a program.