Re: university studies?

[Sean Hunter <sean@dev.sportingbet.com>]

I did a graduate diploma in Jazz, contemporary and popular music, and further
postgraduate music study.  I am now doing my MSc in computer science.  Lack of
a degree in computer science (or even a science-related subject!) has never
significantly hindered my career as a developer.

Sean

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:06:16AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Peter.
> 
>  > Ok, im 16 and looking at heading into uni as soon as ive
>  > finished year 12. I'm gonna head on over to uni, i am wondering
>  > out of curiosity what courses most kernel developers have done?
>  > im going to do either bachelour of computer science, or
>  > information technology, at a later date, when im done my studies
>  > im hoping to help with kernel developing, mozilla etc. etc., so
>  > i was wondering what people would consider the course that gives
>  > you "kernel development" sort of skillset-mindset any feedback
>  > is appriciated, please CC it to my mail adress at
>  > arevill@bigpond.net.au
> 
> Personally, I did "B.Sc. Computer Studies", but I suspect the actual
> course title is irrelevant, and it's the modules you do in the course
> that matter. Here's what I would regard as important:
> 
>  1. A thorough knowledge of programming in C. Knowledge of C++
>     will help.
> 
>  2. Experience of programming hardware will definitely help.
> 
>  3. The ability to think logically is a definite advantage, and
>     tends to result in 90%+ of your programs working first time.
> 
> Additions, anybody?
> 
> Best wishes from Riley.
> 
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