Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

[wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

"Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com> wrote in
news:YE8Ia.45553$fh7.21998@nwrddc01.gnilink.net: 

> 
> Kevin Lawton wrote ...
> 
>>Sam Gillett <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:
>>| Kevin Lawton wrote ...
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>>|| Given that there's plenty of crative, competent or knowledgable
>>|| individuals around then why do the pointy-haired Caesars still
>>|| exist ?
>>|
>>| Simple!  They are the ones with the MBA's.
>>
>>Sorry, but three-letter-acronyms don't always survive the
>>transatlantic interpretation. What are MBAs ?
> 
> A person with a master's degree from a university in a specific
> discipline. MBA=Master of Business Administration.  The exact title of
> the equivalent degree bestowed upon the pointy-haired ones may vary in
> some countries. ;-)
> 
> BTW, the practice of referring to these modern marvels of the business
> world who have no technical background as "pointy-haired" has its
> roots in the "Dilbert" comic strip.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
>      Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area.  Commodore lives!


Masters degree in the US is usually referring to 6 years of college 
education following high-school. After one takes 12 years of schooling, 
an individual may opt to take an x number of years of post high-school 
education. Commonly 1 years or 45 credit hours, then there is the 2 year 
degree called the associates (if you take an average of 15 credits each 
term - basically 3 terms a year. Then follow that with another 2 years @ 
15 credits per term or 45 credits a year and you may equate that to 
around 180 credits and that usually is called Bachelors then the next two 
years following is referred to as Masters if I recall correctly or is 
that Masters then the following is Doctorates. Anyway, Masters is the 
next step after a Bachelor degree. Business Administration is referring 
to a degree is managing businesses. I believe that more fits a 
executive/management position. This has little to do with computer 
science but you will have your hands on using business software and 
presentation software like Powerpoint, Access, Excel,Oracle, ect.

If you are a programmer and seeking a degree, it is advisable to have a 
dicipline towards programming such a Computer Science.