From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: "Barrabazz" Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/01/28 Message-ID: <01bd2c2a$69b107a0$9f684bc2@xzSys>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 320042103 References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <67ktrg$ibk@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <883319809snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <68bt2p$d48@lotho.delphi.com> <34a991f0.2379476@news.diac.com> <68dm0i$brv1@news.fiberlink.net> <01bd198f$4050d960$68c8b5cc@dhite.unicomp.net> <34B71B71.1EFDCAD8@ix.netcom.com> <34B8DC0F.BA0554DB@acm.org> <01bd1ebd$8580b9a0$b2684bc2@xzSys> <34BA520B.534F@mail.state.wi.us> <6alu5l$onm$1@owl.slip.net> Organization: Concert Internet Plus Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: That guy, Steve, hope a) he is not your superior b) he doesn't put his nose in this NG. I knew another guy, PhD in mathematics. It seemed strange to me that he ended as a programmer. But it really struck me when I saw some of his progs : you ever unlocked a record that doesn't exist? By the way, my thoughts, based on experience (and I have no PhD) : Having 3 PhD's warrants that one can say out loud (and probably proudly) that he has 3 PhD's. Furthermore, directives who care more for appearance than for substance tend to preffer guys with, at least, a PhD, since they fit fantastically in their corporative picture. Fortunately there's always still enough no-PhDed-people around to get the work done. -- b a r r a b a z z Steve Dekorte wrote in article <6alu5l$onm$1@owl.slip.net>... > In comp.lang.smalltalk Joe Gwinn wrote: > > It's really very simple. Anyone smart enough and focused enough to earn a > > PhD in *any* hard-core technical subject can learn programming and > > computer science on the job, and is therefore a good bet. > > Some of the worst code and UI design I've ever seen came from a guy > with *3* PhDs. I can only guess that people with a tolerance for the > BS of academia also have a tolerance for BS/ugly code and designs. > > --- > Steve Dekorte >