Re: Wanted - Feedback on the usefulness of your education

[Brian Scherer <bscherer@nasa.kodak.com>]

I think that you are short sighting some people. I have a degree
in Information Systems Management, and have been in the computer
field for aver 17 yearws, and in the SQA arena for over 12.

I do not have a software engineering degree, as many people that
program have Electrical Engineering degrees. 

Brian Scherer

PS. I would be glad to fill out your survey, but I do not have
web access. Please e-mail me a copy.




Tim Lethbridge wrote:
> 
> I would appreciate if as many of you as possible could take the time to
> fill out the survey located at:
> 
>   http://www.cser.ca/CSSESurvey/
> 
>   (select the link 'questionnaire')
> 
> The goal of this is to determine how relevant typical software education is
> to working professionals. The results will be used to help improve curricula,
> and determine training needs for employees.
> 
> For each of a list of topics taught in computer science and engineering
> programs, I ask:
> 
> * How much did you learn about this topic in your education?
> * How much do you know now? (after having learned more or forgotten some)
> * How useful has it been in your career?
> * How useful would it be to learn more?
> 
> I posted this request before once, but unfortunately many people were not able
> to access the web server due to a disk crash. Thanks for those who already
> participated.
> 
> I would like to have people from a wide variety of companies complete this
> survey (several people per company, preferably from different parts of the
> company). I am interested in people who are developing or maintaining
> software, managing these activities or performing closely related
> activities.  Normally people who complete this survey will have had a
> university or college education in computer science or engineering, but I
> am also interested in people who are self-taught or who have entered the
> field with different educational backgrounds. I am also interested in
> ensuring that I include people with varying amounts of experience.
> 
> The results will be published, although individual data will of course be
> kept confidential.
> 
> Thank-you for your assistance.
> 
> --
> Timothy C. Lethbridge,         | Assistant Professor / Professeur adjoint
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