Hi,
Hi,
Let me give you an example of how poorly preprared, students are when they come for programming interviews.
We had a question on databinding for the students (45 in all, with various levels of expertise). It was for a VB/SQL/ASP.Net job. Databinding by the way is a core topic and a higher level concept for entry programmers but, nevertheless an important one. You will be surprised to note that out of 45 students only 12 had ever heard of Databinding, the basic explanation. The best part was all nodded their heads when we asked them whether they had developed complete applications using VB...
Now, listen to this....out of 12, only 3 had ever touched upon Databinding or read about it. Of them only one knew that there were two types - Simple and Complex. We were pleased that we could catch atleast one guy and some work could start quickly.
And then came the shocker. This guy was smart enough to surf our company website where we have given all that there is there for developing complete database apps.
We were left to wonder. What are we talking about. Great workforce. Educated workforce !! I think what Mr. Narayana Murthy of Infosys keeps saying that we should educate our children differently is a reality which we cannot escape.
Regards
Madhav
http://www.vkinfotek.com