Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

["Ruff Records" <ruffrecords@geocities.com>]

Peter Stephenson wrote in message <37c238b5.18297550@nnrp.gol.com>...
>On 13 Aug 1999 13:36:59 GMT, cbh@REMOVE_THIS.teabag.demon.co.uk (Chris
>Hedley) wrote:
>
>>In article <37b1ae5f$1@195.34.192.13>,
>> "Ruff Records" <ruffrecords@geocities.com> writes:
>>> Wel it certainly is not here in the UK - in fact with the proliferation
of
>>> secondary qualifications it is becoming even more important.
>>
>>I've never heard of anyone having more than a cursory examination of their
>>paper qualifications in recent years.  Of course this is just in my peer
>>group, I'm not certain of the case for school leavers and graduates,
although
>>there seems to be a greater emphasis for experience rather than exam
results
>>from what I can tell, at least moreso than, say, ten years ago.
>
>I've only once faked a degree certificate (for a friend). They
>accepted a fax, so no problem.

We ALWAYS insist on seeing the original.

Ian