Re: [hangout] Re: pittance

>>>>> "Ruben" == Ruben Safir Secretary Nylxs <[email protected]> writes:

Ruben> Computers are for everyone.  You have a growth market of some
Ruben> 50 million workers in the US alone.  Under what form of magic
Ruben> do you believe that any of the basic allorgithms involved in
Ruben> program design is beyound ANY normal adults grasp?

I know *many* adults that will never be able to write a 10-line
program in any language.  You apparently do not give yourself enough
credit for your skill.

Abstract reasoning and algorithm design *is* a specialized aptitude.
One of the problems the dot-com boom created was a huge artificial
demand (which later collapsed) driving a lot of incompetent people
into the field chasing the pot of gold that most of them didn't
deserve.

I believe in the marketplace.  Artificial standards bodies will not
work overall.  Witness the fiasco of the MCSE... it's merely a
money-treadmill for testing services (and Microsoft), and guarantees
nothing more than a willingness to part with some of your cash, not
any kind of actual skill.  "Teaching to the test" has become far too
common.

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