Re: OT: whats the outlook for CS majors?

From: Juzio1313 (juzio_at_spammers.will.not.find.me.net)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 18:12:18 -0400

 
> The big problem is the HR department. Many companies STILL use the HR
> department for screening, which is stupid in the tech field. HR
> departments know jack squat about how programming works and what makes
> a good programmer. For example, I've been turned down Visual Basic
> jobs because I didn't have VB experience. Instead, it went to some
> guy who only knew Visual Basic and couldn't solve problems to save his
> life, and had no flexibility whatsoever. Things like that happen A
> LOT.

You are right about HR departments. There's a nice article about it here:
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/commentary/33660.html

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