Comment Re:Not just Open Source (Score 1) 378
Remember all the faux-geeks that went to school during the dot-com-bomb for the money?
No, but I remember the raging debates on Slashdot and many encouraging the faux-geeks not to go to school as it was "a waste of time and money", opting instead to encourage them to become system administrators. I contend the software development fall out from the dot-com bust was applied heaviest on the ones who skipped school in favor of becoming perl hackers and *nix administrators. Those with a C.S. or Comp.E. degree had credentials to fall back. The ones without (the ones chasing the carrot) are more likely the ones who are working the less favorable jobs depending on your own perspective.
Its tried and true, if you have a solid background and good skills you'll succeed in any software field: embedded systems, OS development, OSS, etc...
No, but I remember the raging debates on Slashdot and many encouraging the faux-geeks not to go to school as it was "a waste of time and money", opting instead to encourage them to become system administrators. I contend the software development fall out from the dot-com bust was applied heaviest on the ones who skipped school in favor of becoming perl hackers and *nix administrators. Those with a C.S. or Comp.E. degree had credentials to fall back. The ones without (the ones chasing the carrot) are more likely the ones who are working the less favorable jobs depending on your own perspective.
Its tried and true, if you have a solid background and good skills you'll succeed in any software field: embedded systems, OS development, OSS, etc...
