Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:13:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Coryat <cor...@gmail.com>
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>
> Honestly, I was a better programmer fresh out of high school than many of 
> the people I've worked with since then, "real" experience or not (having 
> coded entire games in assembly language by that time, since BASIC wasn't 
> fast enough for me). But I learned a lot of important things in college that 
> made me even better. YMMV.
>
> There are always exceptions to the rule but they are rare. Even the best 
out of a HS can become a better person and employee in the long run if they 
attend a university. Taking that chance for betterment away from a promising 
student is being greedy and doing a disservice to the world in general. 
Intern programs are fantastic and should be more of the norm rather than the 
exception. Google uses them extensively and many of their best employees are 
pulled from the intern programs.

I worked my way through college as a computer operator and later a 
programmer. Once I was out of school, I was hired immediately by my 
employer. It was sort of like an internship except it wasn't anything 
formal. Still, I know for a fact that having that formal education in a 
number of subjects, not the least of which was technical English and 
technical writing, I have been far more productive than I could have been 
otherwise.

-John Coryat

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    many of the people I've worked with since then, "real" experience or
    not (having coded entire games in assembly language by that time,
    since BASIC wasn't fast enough for me). But I learned a lot of
    important things in college that made me even better. YMMV.<br><br></di=
v></blockquote><div>There are always exceptions to the rule but they are ra=
re. Even the best out of a HS can become a better person and employee in th=
e long run if they attend a university. Taking that chance for betterment a=
way from a promising student is being greedy and doing a&nbsp;disservice&nb=
sp;to the world in general. Intern programs are fantastic and should be mor=
e of the norm rather than the exception. Google uses them extensively and m=
any of their best employees are pulled from the intern programs.</div><div>=
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ater a programmer. Once I was out of school, I was hired immediately by my =
employer. It was sort of like an internship except it wasn't anything forma=
l. Still, I know for a fact that having that formal education in a number o=
f subjects, not the least of which was technical English and technical writ=
ing, I have been far more productive than I could have been otherwise.</div=
><div><br></div><div>-John Coryat</div>
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