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December 27, 2012

The Professionals Know What the Universities Won't Tell You

Role Model Software:

I just got back from the Software Craftsmanship North America conference in Chicago. I knew that the industry was ready for a new model of training, but I was a bit overwhelmed by just how ready. I can honestly say that they were actually beyond ready... they were hungry.

At the welcome reception, one craftsman or journeyman after another greeted me (whether they knew me or not) and congratulated me on the opening of the Craftsmanship Academy. They all stated in one way or another that the universities weren't preparing people for the realities of software development and didn't seem to care. Many asked how I was going to approach their education and nodded approvingly when I told them what and why I was going to do. I probably told the story about teaching data structures in context, a half dozen times to people whose collective response seemed to be saying "I always suspected how much easier it could be to teach theory in the context of practice."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 27, 2012 2:05 AM
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