I am also from a tech. school (25 + ago) but my first boss defiantly taught me how to ask the business questions required to get the job done correctly.
Never thought most of my job would being telling the business what they do daily..etc..lol
So that is what I want to bring to future students.
Regards,
Bill Hopkins
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 12:09 PM
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HEY!!! What's wrong with a tech school? I graduated from a tech school, and work at a tech school, and have hired many programmers over by 35 years from tech schools. I have found programmers from tech schools to be better prepared to hit the ground running over BS school graduates or master degree graduates who want to deal more with concepts and current trends and big picture than coding and keeping the business running efficiently. Don't get me wrong. Every organization needs someone thinking about the future and staying aware of what the world is doing but I would only want one of those for every 10 programmers.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:34 AM
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Yeah. Most of the schools on the list are tech schools or junior colleges which kind of equates a career with welding or refrigeration repair.
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Gotta love it when their course listing for IBM i only includes:
Course offerings: CIS421 Study of Legacy Systems
Rob Berendt
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http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/university/academic/pub/page/pow_ibmi_schools
Rob Berendt
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