Comments on: What I wanted to know before I left college: A programmer reflects http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/ Programming productively with open-source tools Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:29:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Peter Knight http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-1742 Peter Knight Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:26:28 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-1742 Sorry - wrong post! Perils of copy and paste, I guess. Sorry – wrong post! Perils of copy and paste, I guess.

]]> By: Eric Wendelin http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-1041 Eric Wendelin Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:52:52 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-1041 @Bill: Interesting. It's great that they setup their students for success. @Bill:
Interesting. It’s great that they setup their students for success.

]]> By: Bill http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-1038 Bill Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:59:12 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-1038 @Eric Northeastern Junior College had a full Solaris lab and used the Sun curriculum for that and the Java courses I took. @Eric

Northeastern Junior College had a full Solaris lab and used the Sun curriculum for that and the Java courses I took.

]]> By: Find is a beautiful tool http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-674 Find is a beautiful tool Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:19:38 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-674 [...] dzone_title="Find is a beautiful tool";var dzone_blurb="";var dzone_style=2;I have blogged before that knowledge of command-line tools is essential to take the next step in programming [...] [...] dzone_title=”Find is a beautiful tool”;var dzone_blurb=”";var dzone_style=2;I have blogged before that knowledge of command-line tools is essential to take the next step in programming [...]

]]> By: Eric Wendelin http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-467 Eric Wendelin Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:59:28 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-467 @Bill: Congrats on your success. May I ask where you were able to take 2 terms of Solaris? It seems that if you can master Solaris then you have a lot of knowledge you might need for other open source tools. @Bill:

Congrats on your success. May I ask where you were able to take 2 terms of Solaris? It seems that if you can master Solaris then you have a lot of knowledge you might need for other open source tools.

]]> By: Bill http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-462 Bill Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:17:31 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-462 Hi Eric, Found your site through Stumbling - I got to tell you that you hit the nail on the head. I am just about to finish my bachelor's degree online, having attained my associates from a community college here in colorado. Needless to say, I work as a full web developer that is currently connecting 3 distinct systems to power one web site (oracle, mysql, dbase) and not much of what I am coding was taught in any class thus far, short of SQL. I use primarily PHP, but have 2 years of Java training and never took the cert tests, but could after a short brush up. The thing is, I have been in discussions with a few colleges in terms of what should be offered and why. The benefit I had was a complete Sun lab setup and 2 full terms of Solaris admin and Java - neither of which I use, but because of that and my insistence on trying nearly anything open source (linux, php, mysql etc) I am where I am at now and still moving forward. Great post! Hi Eric,

Found your site through Stumbling – I got to tell you that you hit the nail on the head. I am just about to finish my bachelor’s degree online, having attained my associates from a community college here in colorado. Needless to say, I work as a full web developer that is currently connecting 3 distinct systems to power one web site (oracle, mysql, dbase) and not much of what I am coding was taught in any class thus far, short of SQL. I use primarily PHP, but have 2 years of Java training and never took the cert tests, but could after a short brush up.

The thing is, I have been in discussions with a few colleges in terms of what should be offered and why. The benefit I had was a complete Sun lab setup and 2 full terms of Solaris admin and Java – neither of which I use, but because of that and my insistence on trying nearly anything open source (linux, php, mysql etc) I am where I am at now and still moving forward.

Great post!

]]> By: Coding Your Fingers Off – Hand Tools, Power Tools, and Programmers at Eric DeLabar http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-455 Coding Your Fingers Off – Hand Tools, Power Tools, and Programmers at Eric DeLabar Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:53:38 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-455 [...] programmers, others are questioning the languages that are taught in schools, still others are criticizing the things that are not taught (or encouraged) during secondary education. I’m going to question how things [...] [...] programmers, others are questioning the languages that are taught in schools, still others are criticizing the things that are not taught (or encouraged) during secondary education. I’m going to question how things [...]

]]> By: Eric Wendelin http://eriwen.com/opinion/what-i-wanted-to-know/#comment-445 Eric Wendelin Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:31:18 +0000 http://eriwen.com/?p=43#comment-445 @John: I see your point that your GPA can possibly mean the difference between getting an interview and not. I agree there, and having a good GPA cannot hurt you. I would say that it would be better to "spread outside what school teaches you" than to focus on a great (as opposed to acceptable) GPA, if you can't do both. @John:

I see your point that your GPA can possibly mean the difference between getting an interview and not. I agree there, and having a good GPA cannot hurt you.

I would say that it would be better to “spread outside what school teaches you” than to focus on a great (as opposed to acceptable) GPA, if you can’t do both.

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