[PLUG] Slightly OT: PCC software engineering program
Jason Van Cleve
jason at vancleve.com
Mon Aug 4 05:36:02 UTC 2003
I went through PCC's CSET program. It was actually pretty good. Taught
me as much about software as a four-year CS degree would--though as you
know, most employers are asking for 4-year grads. Taylor Hanna was
heading it at the time, and while he could be a jerk sometimes
personally (IMO), he was smart and articulate.
The program served me well at the time. I got on at a downtown shop
before I had even graduated, and it only got better from there, until
the bubble burst. Now I've been fishing for work for half a year with
scarcely a nibble.
Well, lamentations aside, I thought PCC's program pretty strong, and
worth a complete CS degree in preparing me for software engineering
work. But I don't know if either will serve you right now.
--Jason Van Cleve
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:24:49 -0700 (PDT)
Bill <bill at coho.net> wrote:
> Anybody have any experience with PCC's software engineering program,
> or graduates thereof? I'm looking for a relatively short-term way to
> move up the foodchain a bit and get into more interesting work. I
> have decent computer skills at the moment, but can't get work in the
> field (especially any sort of work I'd want; call center bull#$%^
> doesn't appeal to me much).
>
>
> Bill
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