College, too easy for its own good

[baseline bum]

Well, I never took undergrad bio at the prestigious SAC (Mecca for critical thinking), but I did take it.

Wow, you always about Ivy League school elitism vs state schools, and now you're doing the same? You're a constant contradiction.

[LnGrrrR]

From how it appears in this thread, DarrinS knows 12 different programming language and thermodynamics. This leads me to two conclusions:

1) DarrinS's career would seem to be highly specialized.

2) WC will soon profess his love for Python. (I'm pretty sure he's already tutored us on thermodynamics.)

[baseline bum]

If WC loved Python I'd have to give him some credit. Awesome language.

[DarrinS]

From how it appears in this thread, DarrinS knows 12 different programming language and thermodynamics. This leads me to two conclusions:

1) DarrinS's career would seem to be highly specialized.

2) WC will soon profess his love for Python. (I'm pretty sure he's already tutored us on thermodynamics.)

You are correct that my career is highly specialized. I write engineering-based software. It's common for companies to employ both subject matter experts and programmers. I'm one of those rare birds who is both.

Python is a very cool language, btw.

[DarrinS]

IronPython is even better.

[DarrinS]

You can go to college, then grad school, go on to have ZERO real world experience, and still become the POTUS. So, go ahead and disregard the entire thread.

[ElNono]

Can't stand scripting languages in general... When I have to write something with them, I normally end up using php...

[ElNono]

You can go to college, then grad school, go on to have ZERO real world experience, and still become the POTUS. So, go ahead and disregard the entire thread.

Conversely, you could be black, go to college, graduate at the top of your class, and smart people still won't go see you.

[DarrinS]

Can't stand scripting languages in general... When I have to write something with them, I normally end up using php...

Well, there's one I don't know. I've always used JavaScript for client-side stuff, but only when absolutely necessary.

[DarrinS]

Conversely, you could be black, go to college, graduate at the top of your class, and smart people still won't go see you.

I'd go see David Robinson speak.

[ElNono]

I'd go see David Robinson speak.

He could be a product of affirmative action!

[MannyIsGod]

You can go to college, then grad school, go on to have ZERO real world experience, and still become the POTUS. So, go ahead and disregard the entire thread.

Who's done that?

[MannyIsGod]

I guess you can say Obama has no real world experience if you ignore his time as an attorney, his time as a professor, and his time doing actual work in a community.

That, however, would be a strange definition of real world.

[MannyIsGod]

I'd go see David Robinson speak.

So you knock Obama but you want to hear a guy who's main claim to fame is being athletic?

[ElNono]

Who's done that?

I thought he was talking about Reagan, tbh.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah good call.

[DarrinS]

I guess you can say Obama has no real world experience if you ignore his time as an attorney, his time as a professor, and his time doing actual work in a community.

That, however, would be a strange definition of real world.

Yes, that would be a strange definition of "real world".

[MannyIsGod]

Playing in the NBA = real world. Helping poor people in Chicago = "real world".

[Def Rowe]

You can go to college, then grad school, go on to have ZERO real world experience, and still become the POTUS. So, go ahead and disregard the entire thread.

[RandomGuy]

Oh, and Darrin directing the comment about critical thinking to me is about as laughable as things get. Darrin displays about as much critical thinking as my cat and my cat is about the dumbest animal I've ever owned.

You are not the only person who found that to be more than a little ironic.

[LnGrrrR]

You are correct that my career is highly specialized. I write engineering-based software. It's common for companies to employ both subject matter experts and programmers. I'm one of those rare birds who is both.

Sounds interesting. I assumed it was something along those lines. I find that as I get further in my networking career, I'm forced to learn info from other disciplines, such as physical security, CE/power info, project management, etc etc.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I graduated a LONG time ago.

That much is obvious. another baby boomer with a stance trying to denigrate young Americans. Thats all you s ever do.

Your generation is the problem. You are the presidents of those schools. If you have a problem with how things are then you have only you and your contemporaries to blame.

i promise you we are not going to fail as hard as you have.

[DarrinS]

That much is obvious. another baby boomer with a stance trying to denigrate young Americans. Thats all you s ever do.

Your generation is the problem. You are the presidents of those schools. If you have a problem with how things are then you have only you and your contemporaries to blame.

i promise you we are not going to fail as hard as you have.

You must have me confused with my parents' generation. That being said, you can thank that generation for all the technology you currently enjoy, you ungrateful little .

[DarrinS]

Sounds interesting. I assumed it was something along those lines. I find that as I get further in my networking career, I'm forced to learn info from other disciplines, such as physical security, CE/power info, project management, etc etc.

It's a good idea to broaden your experience like that. Kind of an insurance policy. Besides that, you may discover that you actually have more interest in one of those other areas.

[CuckingFunt]

The problem at the college level is the same as the problem at the high school, middle school, and elementary levels. There's no value in learning anymore. A degree is a means to an end, so do the minimum amount possible to get that piece of paper.