Why should I, as an employer looking for software developers, care about what grade you got in European History? After all, history is boring. Oh, so, you're saying I should hire you because you don't work very hard when the work is boring? Well, there's boring stuff in programming, too. Every job has its boring moments. And I don't want to hire people that only want to do the fun stuff.
(The context being that Joel prefers to hire students who have good scores even under non-CS classes.)
The problem in this argument is straightforward: you can choose your job, but there is hardly a choice on what subjects you study. (Even if there is, you may not have been wise enough to make the right choice. Isn't experience the name we give to our mistakes?)
Really, what use is Strength of Material to me, which was part of my first year CS engineering course in India? Why should I score an 8.0 there? Even if I do, how pertinent is it to my job as a programmer?
On another thread, if I love what I am doing and chose my job for what it presented to me, why would I feel 'bored' there?
Another fact for the news deprived: India has NEVER had an expansionist ideology. Go read up some history.
This is factually incorrect. I would have not commented, but your scream of NEVER forces me to.
South Indian dynasties, notably Cholas and Pandyas, had their kingdoms extending up to what is now part of Sri Lanka and South East Asia. They invaded these lands and conquered them.
985-1018: Reign of Rajaraja I
The most important ruler of Chola was Rajaraja I. He was one of the greatest kings of the South India and was known as "Rajaraja the Great". Rajaraja I and his able son Rajendra, conquered nearly the whole of the present Madras Presidency. Rajaraja defeated the eastern Chalukyas of Vegi, the Pandyas of Madurai and the Gangas of Mysore. His kingdom extended from Cape in the north to Comorin in the south. He conquered Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands and Sumatra and other places in Malay Peninsula.
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(The context being that Joel prefers to hire students who have good scores even under non-CS classes.)
The problem in this argument is straightforward: you can choose your job, but there is hardly a choice on what subjects you study. (Even if there is, you may not have been wise enough to make the right choice. Isn't experience the name we give to our mistakes?)
Really, what use is Strength of Material to me, which was part of my first year CS engineering course in India? Why should I score an 8.0 there? Even if I do, how pertinent is it to my job as a programmer?
On another thread, if I love what I am doing and chose my job for what it presented to me, why would I feel 'bored' there?
> I had to use Yahoo Driving Directions which was not efficient at all.
Heh. I don't know if you guys have ever been to places like India, where driving directions are uncommon on highways, let alone on the Internet.
Really, you Westerners won't know how much comforts you have unless you visit the less fortunate parts of the world.
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Another fact for the news deprived: India has NEVER had an expansionist ideology. Go read up some history.
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This is factually incorrect. I would have not commented, but your scream of NEVER forces me to.
South Indian dynasties, notably Cholas and Pandyas, had their kingdoms extending up to what is now part of Sri Lanka and South East Asia. They invaded these lands and conquered them.
985-1018: Reign of Rajaraja I
The most important ruler of Chola was Rajaraja I. He was one of the greatest kings of the South India and was known as "Rajaraja the Great". Rajaraja I and his able son Rajendra, conquered nearly the whole of the present Madras Presidency. Rajaraja defeated the eastern Chalukyas of Vegi, the Pandyas of Madurai and the Gangas of Mysore. His kingdom extended from Cape in the north to Comorin in the south. He conquered Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands and Sumatra and other places in Malay Peninsula.
See: http://www.itihaas.com/ancient/cholas.html?vsv=57
More info: Any text book on Ancient Indian History.
Oh yes, I am an Indian. Am proud to be. But 'facts are facts and do not disappear on account of your likes.' --Jawaharlal Nehru
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