[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:56:28 -0400
Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > People who lack formal high level education often aren't very good
> > thinkers, so I agree with the idea of requiring a degree for a lot of
> > positions.
> 
> The vast majority of college graduates I run into in a professional 
> setting aren't very good thinkers.  I don't think one necessarily has to 
> do with the other.

That's a separate problem though, and unfortunately there is no easy way to
know if a graduate got a good education or not.

> Also, the vast majority of computer science graduates I've run across 
> don't know their way around a computer.

See above.



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shannon
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