Re: FN-FORUM profession??

date posted 29th September 2002 20:20

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Joe Pritchard wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> >In my case, at
> >least, I directly compete with folks with twice as much time in the
> >industry. I ascribe at least part of that to the principles I learnt during
> >my (CompSci) degree.
>
> I guess I'm probably one of the non-educated in the field professionals. I
> started in IT in 1982 with a Biochemistry degree and just started writing
> code as part of my degree. there was more money in it than in Biochemistry,
> so I stayed with it. However, does this mean I'm bad at what I do? The
> principles I learnt in my BSc have worked well for me.

Actually, you'll find I class most "hard science" degrees as pretty relevant
for a career in computing. Some of the best computing types I've come across
have been former physicists, biologists and chemists. Rigorous application
of scientific method to problem solving and all that. And familiarity with
non-trivial amounts of maths never hurts either.

> Joe

Best Regards,
Alex.
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