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Why Programmers Can’t Program
March 11th, 2010 | 
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Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror writes:
“I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can’t program. At all.”
Jeff, you must not have visited a college campus recently. The reason most that most “programmers” can’t program is because their instructors led them to believe they could program.
I have two stories that illustrate the point.
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Learn To Program – Online College or Self Taught?
I got this interesting question the other day.
“I am interested in pursuing a career in Computer Programming and have a question. Which would be better: to get my degree through an online college, or to teach myself. If self teaching is better how and where should I start? Any help would be greatly appreciated.”
It’s been quite a while since I’ve provided any kind of opinion of the educational system with regards to programmers on this blog. So I guess it’s time to bring it up again, with this new twist.
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How to Excel as a Programmer (or anything else)
From a very early age we have been conditioned to fail.
I know that probably seems harsh, and probably seems like an over generalization, but it is true.
Here are some things you can start doing today to start succeeding. Even if you consider yourself successful, these tips will send you to the next level.
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Do Programmers even NEED a degree?
Well, this post yesterday, really got things going in blog-o-sphere. Shoot! Even Joel Spolsky got involved. I saw another post, but I’m sorry to say, I can’t find it right now.
The original article put forth the idea that we are teaching the right stuff in our undergraduate Computer science degree programs.
Joel’s article suggested that what we really need is a bachelor of fine arts program for programmers. That programming, and computer science are really two entirely different disciplines.
I think Joel’s onto something and his solution is probably the closest to what our current educational system can handle. But, I have another solution to the problem that goes further. Read the rest of this entry »
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