Re: OT: The Geek defense

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:45:06 -0600, "Judson McClendon"
<judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pete, I think you're missing the point. I agree that what they're teaching
now is sufficient for most applications programming. But for the foreseeable
future, we will still need skilled programmers to build the tools. You aren't
going to build .NET, for example, using .NET or other drag and drop tools.

Why not?

If we aren't teaching those skills in our Computer Science curriculums,
where are future programmers going to learn them?

Certainly not from CoBOL classes (if they still existed). CoBOL
programmers and compiler makers aren't the same people and don't get
trained the same. Their skill sets are kind of similar.

Web page designers and those who design the tools are also different.
And people who design lathes or hammers aren't the people who use them
in their work.
.

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