Re: [SAGE] Computer Sciences degrees in IT

[Dave Close <dave@compata.com>]

"Jon 'maddog' Hall" wrote:

>This is the part that really puzzles me.....if they were "more
>interesting paths", then why were these people systems administrators?
>Were they unsuccessful at those "more interesting paths", or were they a
>lot like the engineers at Digital, pulled away by the Sirens of computer
>science?

Perhaps the OP meant the word in the same sense as in the Confucian
curse, "May you live an interesting life."

>My own finding over the years is that it is typically much easier to
>teach a technical person business and finance than to take a person who
>studied business and finance in college the depths of technology.

Mastering technology takes a degree of interest, whereas everyone deals
with business as part of life. That casual exposure can, for someone who
pays attention, provide a grounding in the subject.
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