[aklug] Re: AKLUG and others

Problem exists with other areas such as education. By and large UAA
produces unready teachers because it does not focus on theoretical
analysis that would enable teacher to move among curricula and
students. In all things balance is critical but typically post
secondary education is artificially constrained by academia - the
teacher you might want is most often excluded by the very system you
are paying. You are getting a rather skewed view of technology via
academia. And there are some hotshots on this list without a degree. I
know I bristle everytime some twentysomething asks me about recent
education; after some of what I have seem at UAA it's tough to think
about paying tuition there. But all that aside Jpsh, to mention sane
OS like "OS X or Linux" without mentioning unix in your blog, now that
is inexcusable ;) didn't someone do a poll of sorts earlier - re cp/m
lol - there was life before torvald

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> I think this is because a lot of AK LUG's users are made of of people
> who are techs/geeks, and not just programmers. Nothing against
> programmers (I am one), but I find a lot of programmers (or
> even "computer technicians") know very little about the underlying
> technolog(y|ies) they use. Take a random PHP (please! :), C#, or even
> Python programmer that has just learned the language and does not have
> a background in all things computer. They will know very little about
> CPUs, registers, the protocol stack (HTTP, IP, etc) their application
> uses, etc.
>
> AK LUG is full of people who have worked with every level of their
> preferred technology, thus the knowledge level. I'll agree with
> William: the level of expertise on this list has been a great help!
>
> Oh, and I'll plug my "skills vs. theory" post again. :)
> http://joshuakugler.com/archives/16-Skills-vs.-Theory-Which-Should-Be-Taught.html
>
> j
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Received on Thu Mar 4 15:27:40 2010