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To: Westbrook

Well, so far, not at the college where I teach.

Of course, employers will adapt. In computer science, many employers are increasingly not looking at college transcripts. Instead, they are looking at what you’ve actually done (programs, web sites, Iphone/Android apps, work on open source projects, etc).


23 posted on 07/22/2014 5:48:49 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: rbg81

> Instead, they are looking at what you’ve actually done
> (programs, web sites, Iphone/Android apps, work on open
> source projects, etc).

Which is why I tell everybody I know that’s interested in software as a career to get invovled with open source projects. Pick a project you like in an area of software development that interests you, look at the outstanding bugs and feature requests, pick one of those that interests you, and FIX or IMPLEMENT IT! Rinse and repeat.

Soon, you become a known entity among the project’s cognoscenti users, and you have real life accomplishments to present to prospective employers. It’s even possible that they will come looking for you.


26 posted on 07/22/2014 6:10:38 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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