> Dabbling? > > I think that making a living from it isn't dabbling, so I may not be > qualified to speak for the dabblers. > > But for me, I was writing code before there were such courses. Later, > when I went to college I was taught adventures in keypunching and > received several "next to worthless" degrees. > > I say "next to worthless" only because what they taught really wasn't > applicable to real world programming. As for management, clients, and > hr types, the degrees mattered, but not for much more than that. > > In any event, I doubt if any college courses are keeping up with > current web technology -- there has always been a lag between what's > practiced and what's taught. What I've seen of college web sites, > seems to support that claim. > > If I was taught in college all I needed to know, then what am I doing > with these dozens of web books scattered about my office? I probably > read a new book every other week. I don't "dabble" in it either, unless you consider making my living from being a dabbler, in which case I'll continue to dabble and see the pay for it. My alma-mater tried to stay current to some degree, but when they let someone who wrote the C++ book try to teach it, well they gave that person more rope then they needed. Tedd, glad you got hooked on Phonics. One of these days I hope from graduating from just looking at the pictures, but right now the pictures are oh so enticing!. ;) Wolf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
