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From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: CS students who aren't exposed to U*X
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Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 11:11:57 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 12 11:11:57 1984
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Well, at Purdue, you can't just be a CS student.  Purdue has four
options within the CS major:
	General			-- aimed at those going on to grad school
	Opsys and Prog Langs 	-- probably better than the above
	Scientific		-- heavily oriented toward math (Stat, etc)
	Information Systems	-- the option you're flaming about

I was in the Opsys option.  As an undergrad, I had theory, compiler, and
operating system courses.  Those who were in the info systems option took
Cobol and Database courses.  We all started with the same four course base
(Mostly Pascal programming) but then branched out.  

I see two possible reasons for your problem.  First, the student screwed up
in his/her course selection.  Given his background, he never should have
been interviewing for the kind of job he apparently got.  Second, whoever
hired him didn't look at his school record.  (more on this below)

Now that you've got these people, be nice to them.  They wanted to work
at your company, or they wouldn't have taken the job.  Assume they're 
bright, and that they want to learn all these things they don't know.
Whoever was responsible for hiring them must have seen a lot of potential
in these people, or they wouldn't be there in the first place.

-- 

Scott Wiesner
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