Education (was RPG Trivia)

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxx]

 >> Do you all feel that, on the average, programmers coming out of college
are lees knowledgeable

I don't know about the knowledge level - certainly they are versed in a
wider range.  Twenty years ago they weren't being taught browsers, Java,
Windows, etc. etc. on top of the basics.  Just RPG/COBOL/C/FORTRAN.  With
the S/38 I figured I knew about 75% of the system.  With the AS/400 it
became about 50% - by the time the iSeries arrived I figured I was down to
about 25%.  Increase the number of topics and the skill level in any one
area inevitably drops.

I do feel that waaaaayyyy too many these days get into it for the money and
often have zero aptitude.  We consider ourselves lucky with the grads we've
hired here in the last 2 years and we're still only batting .500!


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