Computer Science

Eliot Moss moss@cs.umass.edu
Thu Oct 17 02:42:42 GMT 2024


On 10/16/2024 6:42 PM, Mike Yearwood via Cygwin wrote:
> I took over a 3 year long project. The previous programmer painted himself
> into a corner and found me. I showed my work to the client. The other
> programmer was retiring. In 4 months, I rebuilt his 3 years work. During
> the next 8 months, I finished and expanded the project for a total of
> $80k. Client independently rewrote the system within the last 3 years at a
> cost of $600,000 so far. This is all too common.

So there are different levels of (in)competence out there.  Not surprising.
It's also not too surprising that a degree does not *guarantee* competence.
There is probably some correlation or even causation between degrees and
competence, but certainly it is not absolute.  Even experience is no
guarantee.

Your point is ... ?

Regards - Eliot Moss


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