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A Programmer's Education [message #51707]

Tue, 05 December 2006 08:58

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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> Braedley writes:

>> Why don't I ever see these simple solutions?

> You are probably University-educated. Not your fault. :-)

While we are on this topic (and while I wait for SOLARSOFT
to finish downloading), what is the most useful class you
ever took in school?

For me, two come immediately to mind. The typing class
I took as a sophomore in high school because I was a shy
boy and the girl/boy ratio was 15:1. I use that knowledge
every single day of my life. (In, uh, more ways than one.)

And the freshman English Composition class I took in my
first semester of college from a hippie instructor who
gently taught a good evangelical Christian boy to question
everything.

Two great classes that changed my life! :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. And for Braedley, it is possible to overcome a
University education, but it takes more time than you
might expect. :-)

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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