Re: ADA experienced software engineer - great employment opp...

[rlove@antispam.neosoft.com (Robert B. Love )]

In <396B8532.49380005@lmco.com> "Howard W. LUDWIG" wrote:
> Ted Dennison wrote:
> 
> > In article <cUsa5.11077$7%3.784289@news.flash.net>,
> >   "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
> > > You want a real-time software engineer, but (s)he has to have a 
degree
> > > in electrical engineering?
> >
> > I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one bothered by this. An EE 
major
> > is no more qualified to do serious software development than a CS 
major
> > is for doing serious circuit design.
> 
> Funny, it didn't bother me a bit--perhaps because my Ph.D. is in 
physics :).
> 
> I also beg to differ with your comparison.  Software development is 
much
> more than just writing code--even more than designing and testing code.

Well, besides the issue of domain knowledge that a software engineer
may lack, my current employer finds another disturbing trend.  That
CS grads don't want to do avionics programming.  They want to do whatever
is cool and in at the moment.  Web/E-commerce or game programming. Java.  
We've traditionally found that EE's who program are better at this. 
This certainly is NOT an iron clad rule, just something that's been
observed enough that some managers are weary of hiring CS grads for
Avionics type work.

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