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: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: Bill Lynch Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/02/10 Message-ID: <6bqgak$atd@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 323864783 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <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> <01bd2c2a$69b107a0$9f684bc2@xzSys> <01bd2c3c$6726d520$8101b8c7@MIS-RKW95.spartan.com> <6bqfb7$ilg$1@owl.slip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Steve Dekorte wrote: > > > Steve Dekorte wrote in article > > > > 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. > > > The most important part of a Ph.D. is that it shows that the person > > has the ability to take on a difficult, multi-year project, and bring it > > to completion. This quality is worth its weight in gold, regardless of > > any knowledge that might or might not have been acquired. > > Of course outside acedemia, success/completion is not measured by the size > of the document describing how you wasted the last 4 years of your life. > That is, unless you're a manager. ;-) > Or, even better, a management consultant. The bigger the doc, the bigger the $$$$$. Bill Lynch > --- > Steve Dekorte