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From: "Carsten Arnholm" <arnholm@online.no>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/01/11
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Kaz Kylheku <bill@cafe.net> wrote in article
<699ndn$4fn$1@brie.direct.ca>...
> In article <34B71B71.1EFDCAD8@ix.netcom.com>,
> I have no clue why you were offered that job, but it probably had to do
with
> experience other than in analytical chemistry.  I can't imagine anyone
getting
> a Ph. D. in such a discipline without exposure to computers. At my Alma
> Mater, the chemistry department are among the biggest UNIX weenies on
> campus with the most powerful machines. :) Admit it; you were a hacker
> in your undergraduate days and beyond. :)
> 
> >think that taking classes about data structures, databases, and many
other
> >programming paradigms, I don't think that a degree in CS is that
necessary to
> >make a good programmer.  The ability to analyze a problem, break it down
into
> >its component parts, and address each small problem separately to
acheive a
> >common goal is more important than learning a particular language. 
Sure,
> 
> But these skills don't make you a good programmer. Or are you saying that
> the programmers who created the software crisis of the 60's weren't able
> to analyze a problem and break it down into its component parts?
> 
> Would you automatically recommend an randomly chosen chemistry Ph. D. for
> a software development position?

or: Would you automatically recommend a degree in CS for an analytical
chemistry position ? The argument goes both ways, does it not ?