From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:12:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:12:35 -0400 Received: from mauve.demon.co.uk ([158.152.209.66]:2194 "EHLO mauve.demon.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:12:29 -0400 From: Ian Stirling Message-Id: <200108011412.PAA06491@mauve.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: university studies? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:12:19 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <20010801134647.D662@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl> from "Erik Mouw" at Aug 01, 2001 01:46:47 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:06:16AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote: > > Personally, I did "B.Sc. Computer Studies", but I suspect the actual > > course title is irrelevant, and it's the modules you do in the course > > that matter. Here's what I would regard as important: > > > > 1. A thorough knowledge of programming in C. Knowledge of C++ > > will help. > > > > 2. Experience of programming hardware will definitely help. > > > > 3. The ability to think logically is a definite advantage, and > > tends to result in 90%+ of your programs working first time. > > > > Additions, anybody? > > A couple of good books also helps: Maths. Can help lots in the generation of algorithms, for example proving that one faster way of doing something is identical to a slower way. Knowing the maths behind the algorithms can lead to ways to speed things up by orders of magnitude in some cases.