2 Jan
2017
2 Jan
'17
10:58 p.m.
Johns Hopkins had no Computer Science department at the time I was a student there. You
came out with either a degree in EE or Math if you wanted to do computers. Of course,
due to circumstances, I came out of there with nearly four years of UNIX internals
experience. I also learned in the school of hard knocks about decent code design.
I’ve generally found that having a degree in computer science didn’t indicate that the
applicant had any qualification. I look for prior experience (or at least some sort of
indication of a programming experience). Within 90 days I could generally tell if
people were worth retaining (reasonable skills or ability to learn at least).
_Ron