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From: al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski)
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Subject: Re: Computer requirements to enter college and hackers as good programmers
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 19:50:59 EST
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eugene miya writes
> From the receiving end after college, I would again like to stress the
> importance of communication skills for anyone entering college.  My
> verbal skills were hardly the best when entering college, but when I
> entered the working world, most of the people writing memos and papers
> around me gave me complements for my 'good writing.'  Without question,
> at the different industrial and research establishments, the average
> person needs better communication skills.

The need for better verbal skills can't be emphasized strongly enough.
When I was a professor, more than one undergraduate told me that he
decided to go into engineering because he "didn't like to write".
It's hard to imagine a worse misconception of what an engineer/scientist
does and what skills he needs. This is probably due in part to assembly
line engineering courses which require only short answers to problems; 
an engineering student can graduate with negligible writing skills.  
He is in for a rude shock in his first job, though.

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Alan Filipski, UNIX group, Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ U.S.A
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