The next big thing

May 1, 2006

I found this interesting article in one of my yahoo groups. The author hoped that the next big thing in software engineering is professionalism. One of the things that struck me was this quote:

One would think that a degree in computer science might mean that the graduate could write code. One would be wrong. Many CS grads wrote little or no code in order to get their degrees. I find this astounding; but nevertheless it is true. The CS degree means very little in terms of programming ability.

I taught two computer science subjects and from my experience the above quote is so true. In one of my class some students asked me to lower the percentage of the programming part, which is open notes/books by the way, of the exam. It was always fifty percent of the exam. The other half is the written exam.

I do not know the reason for their aversion to coding.They took Computer Science and although Computer Science is not all about coding(some part of it is actually Math), you should be at least be a decent programmer.

Posted by alan Filed in cs, geek, rants

15 Responses to “The next big thing”

  1. sheila Says:
    May 1, 2006 at 3:01 pm

    hoy, marunong ako magcode ha! hindi ko lang ginagamit. :P

  2. alan Says:
    May 1, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    Gannt chart marunong ka? :p

  3. sheila Says:
    May 2, 2006 at 5:51 am

    hindi. walang kwenta ung nagturo e :p

  4. sheila Says:
    May 2, 2006 at 5:51 am

    hindi. kasalanan ng teacher un.

  5. she Says:
    May 2, 2006 at 1:03 pm

    But then again :P MIS ako :P

  6. rotsss Says:
    May 2, 2006 at 2:30 pm

    oyyy…anong problema sa MIS????

    MARAMI.

    hahahahaha. there’s this certain Java teacher na gusto ko sipain sa balls if she had balls. siya ata reason ko na i hate java with a vengeance. OY EXCUSES…oo aamin na ko…di ko maintindihan ang Java to save my life. *hangs head in shame*

  7. she Says:
    May 3, 2006 at 10:35 am

    Hahaha..I concur :P Oks Java teacher ko actually :D Si Roland Canimo :D

    Ang problema ko…kulang sa programming exposure :D

  8. she Says:
    May 3, 2006 at 10:38 am

    Tsaka wala kaming data structures and algorithms :D O diba

  9. rom Says:
    May 3, 2006 at 11:25 am

    that is so true alan. unfortunately, the students can still survive and even graduate and worse, with honours! in as much as i hate it, can’t do anything about it. oh well. if only…

  10. rotsss Says:
    May 3, 2006 at 1:57 pm

    HOLY CRAP THAT’S THE SUBJECT I FLUNKED! YUNG DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS! curses! actually the only reason i passed CS21A and B ay….DYARAN…nangopya ako. hewhewhew.

    si roland…batchmate ko siya. shet nakikita ang age gap nating lahat a. hahahaha. para bata pa ko. 1981 ako pinanganak.

    shempre inannounce ko sa planeta na obobs ako mag-java…at nangongopya ako. ganda. HAHAHAHA. pero marunogn ako mag-cobol. HAHAHAHAHA. so i was cool 30 yrs ago.

    parang engot tong comment na to, kinausap ko na sarili ko…

  11. she Says:
    May 3, 2006 at 4:46 pm

    Hahahaha…if you must know Rots….marami ako noon block mates na type si Sir Roland :))))) Kaya sila kandarapa ng mga A :))))) Paimpress :))))

    Oh but love changes talaga :)))

  12. rotsss Says:
    May 4, 2006 at 1:27 am

    SI ROLAND?!!? PRAMIS?!!?

    teka iniisip ko yung ichura niya..kung tama naiisip ko. dang di ko dala yung aegis ko dito e…

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