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

[hshubs@mindspring.com (Howard S Shubs)]

In article <37b5c697.7294921@nnrp.gol.com>, prs@gol.com (Peter Stephenson)
wrote:

>I also don't think that 'primary education' is necessarily a good
>guide (no chip on shoulder, mine's pretty good).  HR typically have a
>degree in needlework or something and think that a degree's essential.

There is, in fact, such a thing as a degree in Human Resources.  It
involves the legal knowledge and other things.  That still doesn't give
them the background in technical subjects, though.
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