Thinking Out Loud: Thought Leadership from an Enterprise Architect

Michael writes:

9/30/2004 #

You hit the nail on the head!

Mike Kenny writes:

10/1/2004 #

I agree with the article but would even go further and say that a prerequisite for the course should be a minimum of 5 years in IT. Otherwise, no matter how well the lecturer knows and understands his topic, the student will not assimilate the knowledge. Even if he/she does manage this feat, on his first job in IT all he/she learnt will be educated out of him/her in a futile effort to meet deadlines.

Mark Koops writes:

10/16/2004 #

As a Bach of IT Uni Graduate, I learned alot at TAFE...

Ray Jefferson writes:

12/2/2004 #

Then in a strange way, I'm glad that my educational path is the way that it is. I'm majoring in Computer Science, but I also happen to have a full-time job that has allowed me to design a Visual Basic-designed user interface to an Access database. But I do have an Associate's degree in Computer Technology.

But after reading this article, I'm starting to understand a little better this whole context of the issue. The whole process of software engineering, I'm learning alot and the most important thing is that 99% of what I'm doing I've had to learn on my own, like concepts that I was aware of in my classes but never touched on. I've had to put it all together. Books and education truly is the first step in software engineering.

Is this issue really tat much of a downfall overall in the field?