holding p2p developers liable for copyright files swapped using their software = good
holding gun manufacturers liable for murders caused by their products = bad
i'm a self-tough programmer and went through school majoring in management information systems -- miami university (oxford, oh)
'pathetic' is the only word that can really, accurately describe the level of technical instruction in that department. this is a PHB hatchery, a dilbert incubator. they couldn't have done a better job of being completely avoidant of linux/unix/anythingotherthanmicrosoft. in all seriousness, the only place either unix or linux were ever mentioned was as a vocabulary word -- among the slew of other acronyms we had to memorize with essentially constituted a majority of our 'education'. i swear to this day that school was 0wned by microsoft.
even worse, throughout my entire time there, professors would repeatedly degrade the intelligence of programmers (systems analysis majors) -- as simply 'code monkeys'... nothing more. very much instilling into students that they were more deserving of being the big dick because they were 'management'
i left that school with a degree that essentially, to me, means nothing, and reflects little more than a collection of multiple choice tests, little/no technical skills, a slew of acronyms, a taste of "i'm a manager!" fratboy wanker ego.
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holding p2p developers liable for copyright files swapped using their software = good holding gun manufacturers liable for murders caused by their products = bad
Field of Schemes an excellent website devoted to exposure of the great stadium swindle.
i'm a self-tough programmer and went through school majoring in management information systems -- miami university (oxford, oh)
... nothing more. very much instilling into students that they were more deserving of being the big dick because they were 'management'
'pathetic' is the only word that can really, accurately describe the level of technical instruction in that department. this is a PHB hatchery, a dilbert incubator. they couldn't have done a better job of being completely avoidant of linux/unix/anythingotherthanmicrosoft. in all seriousness, the only place either unix or linux were ever mentioned was as a vocabulary word -- among the slew of other acronyms we had to memorize with essentially constituted a majority of our 'education'. i swear to this day that school was 0wned by microsoft.
even worse, throughout my entire time there, professors would repeatedly degrade the intelligence of programmers (systems analysis majors) -- as simply 'code monkeys'
i left that school with a degree that essentially, to me, means nothing, and reflects little more than a collection of multiple choice tests, little/no technical skills, a slew of acronyms, a taste of "i'm a manager!" fratboy wanker ego.