Re:An IT graduate now requires a breadth of skills
by martythemaniak on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @11:42AM
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Now asks yourselves this - how many of the skills you picked up during your work experience could have been as effectively learned in a classroom setting?
I worked for 16 months in between 3rd and 4th years where part of my job was doing requirements gathering. When I went back to school I had a course that included a section on requirements gathering and I know for a fact it would have made very little sense had I not done it for real beforehand.
Re:An IT graduate now requires a breadth of skills
by babul on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @01:03PM
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Things usually make more sense when you implement your learning. Abstract knowledge is often easily forgotten or poorly grasped, learnt knowledge less so.
I worked for 16 months in between 3rd and 4th years where part of my job was doing requirements gathering. When I went back to school I had a course that included a section on requirements gathering and I know for a fact it would have made very little sense had I not done it for real beforehand.