[ILUG] where are the Irish "Summer of Code" entrants?

[Dave O Connor]

> Bollocks. I see no evidence of this. Can you back this up, please?

With what, bullshit figures?

> In my class, probably half  were true and true geeks: code in college,
> code at home, talk about computers in the pub. And my class entered at
> the height of the bubble. Kids coming  in to college these days can
> code before they get there!

I do agree that it's probably getting better, but from what I see
certainly in DCU, and from what I hear from other courses, a lot of
places are basically degree factories (DCU is especially guilty of
this, but I digress).

Certainly in my case, After 3 years of a Computer degree, people in my
class were contemplating making official complaints to the college
because they were being asked to code in C, which they hadn't had
extensive tutorials in, and basically hadn't been spoonfed.

Yes, there are a lot of nerds in college, who do genuinely like what
they do. But, I still say most folks get into computers for money, or
because they reckon it'll be easy, or a laugh, or they are interested
or involved in computer culture. It's specifically a trait of Irish
people, I think. Easy way out, more more more for me and to hell with
everyone else.

     - DoC