[Info-vax] OpenVMS async I/O, fast vs. slow

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-11-07, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> And having some language skills or not is not the biggest question when 
> hiring a new graduate. At least it has not been for me, when hiring. It 
> becomes mostly a question of assessing ability to understand problems, 
> being able to figure something out, being able to work in a group and 
> interact with others, and having a sound mind.
>
> I have no idea about your experience or environment, but to me you are 
> describing something very foreign that I can't understand how it would 
> ever work. And then claiming that academia is the problem makes it just 
> sound even stranger.
>

If you want to learn the current fashion for a job, that's what trade
schools are for (if you need them).

If you want to learn how to think and how to understand various abstract
concepts, that's what university is for.

A university will probably teach you the languages that are the current
fashion at the time of taking the courses, but their main purpose is to
give you a rounded and deep conceptual education.

Simon.

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