I don't know how it works in malaysia but when i was studying abroad IT courses allowed people to choose a course that requires little to no practical approach to IT, all you have to do is to write a bunch of essays, write some simple programs and that will allow you to get your paper... I think this approach sucks.. in Malaysia I don't htink much employers care if you can draw a damned impressive UML diagram but rather they area looking for practical expertise,

take me for example, I am not "great" in programming but I would say right now where I am, I trump my colleagues in terms of techincal and practical skills..

Here's the kicker though, as an employer, how would you know what kind of IT "grad" is the person you are about to hire? Sure you can make them takes tests and all that, but I think until the day where programming interviews involving you solving a problem on the spot with practical/techincal skills, the employers will never know...

I mean i've seen a few coming to apply for a job as a java programmer and I've seen some of the "absurd" answers they have given in the written test which shows me that they have clearly no knowledge or understandinng in even the most simple concepts of programming...and i do mean the most simple (like declaring variables.. no i'm not joking)

This post has been edited by tnsai: Nov 1 2006, 11:51 AM