Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcc13.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc13!ee161aok From: ee161aok@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: Where have all the hackers gone? Message-ID: <115@sdcc13.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 20:54:46 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc13.115 Posted: Wed Dec 26 20:54:46 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 05:02:39 EST References: <3138@utah-cs.UUCP> <521@sdcsvax.UUCP> <557@uwmacc.UUCP> Reply-To: ee161aok@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu}) Distribution: net.college Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 20 Summary: on the negative side of hacking >> >>I'm an undergraduate at UC San Diego, and I have seen this exile here also. >>The "fittest students" are the ones with the best grades, not the ones that >>are the best programmers. In fact, there is not really a class in how to >> ... As an employer, the first thing I would avoid is hackers. People who have a fascination with computers tend not to accomplish as much as those who treat the machine as a device to accomplish an end. The student who gets good grades has two important qualities: 1) at least a fair understanding of the material presented to him/her in class. 2) the demonstrated ability to satisfy requirements and demands that are placed on him/her. A good student can be taught, while a hacker has to be negotiated with. Give me a student over a hacker anyday. steve ackroyd