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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e2e7624a3542400a X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,e2e7624a3542400a X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 1089ad,e2e7624a3542400a X-Google-Attributes: gid1089ad,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,e2e7624a3542400a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e2e7624a3542400a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: heller@utdallas.edu (Steve Heller) Subject: Re: Software reuse Date: 1996/08/16 Message-ID: <4v2fbc$lpj@news.utdallas.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 174648805 references: <320EF9AB.42877E5C@sh.bel.alcatel.be> <3210AA4B.2578@tus.ssi1.com> <32133648.4CBA@la.ccfo.carel.fi> organization: The University of Texas at Dallas newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.vhdl Date: 1996-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Bob Stout wrote: >As I final note, I'd add that in a discussion of this topic over in the >FidoNet C_Echo recently, someone suggested, based on experience, that >there's a built-in bias in the job and education market against the people >who have an aptitude for library/system programming rather than application >programming. I'm one of the latter types, and I agree that this specialty is not generally regarded as highly in the job market as "Visual C++ GUI application programmer". However, we're just as necessary as they are, and considerably harder to find, so I have faith that the market will adjust one of these days. As for myself, I'm now a full-time writer teaching C++ on the side, so it doesn't affect me directly at the moment, but who knows when I'll need a "real job" again? Steve Heller, author and software engineer http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_heller