Oh damn, I've been invited...

[QuickNDirty]

to something called an Advisory Committee Meeting from a local uni...

I don't even know what that's about. I think they want me to tell them what their students would need to know in order for me to want to hire them.

Anyone been through this before? Tips? Advice? Does this mean I'm relevant?

 

[Rthur]

Make a list of all the useless majors they are pissin' their money away on lol.


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[1J04]

to something called an Advisory Committee Meeting from a local uni...

I don't even know what that's about. I think they want me to tell them what their students would need to know in order for me to want to hire them.

Anyone been through this before? Tips? Advice? Does this mean I'm relevant?

Nah, I think you've got a warrant and the fix is in.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Nah, I think you've got a warrant and the fix is in.

Haha, they coulda just called me!

 

[308pirate]

If you speak the truth, you will at least be ignored. Most likely not invited back.

I wouldn't waste my time if I were you.

 

[Dirty D]

They need to hear the truth from someone other than another teacher.

 

[Dewey7271]

You never know what ripples out from what you do.
I'd go.
Tell them the straight facts and see what happens. Worst case you don't get invited back. How are you worse off?
Best case what you say makes an impact on someone or gives someone something to think about or a direction they didn't previously have.

 

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please go and be honest........the universities actually do listen to industry a lot more than you think.

the end game for universities is to have students that go out, get good jobs, and then be able to hit those people up for money and donations down the road.........so the more students in good positions, the better for the university.......and if that means having to change some stuff to make that happen, theyll do it.....especially if they hear the same thing from a hand full of companies....


i can go bitch to my dept head about how my students need classes to learn XXXXXX all i want.......doesnt do any good..........if 3 or 4 companies bitch to the university about how all there new hires dont know how to do XXXXXXX, theyre gonna fix it pretty damn quick, because thats where the money is.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Damn, some pretty good feedback. What a diverse bunch of deplorables!

Worst case, I get free dinner. I've got no problems laying out the suck that is graduates from this place. I've interviewed around 50 of them and hired zero. Kids these days just have no idea how to think asynchronously, or at scale. They also glaze over when you get to the finer bits of distributed and decentralized computing.

Hell, most of them have just a minor understanding of one programming language. Like, come on, it's 2017. You're applying for a programming job. Really? You're a computer science major and you're not even fluent in ONE LANGUAGE?

Nonsense is what it is.

 

[packratt]

Damn. Back in the late 80s when I was in college, I was reasonably fluent in Pascal and Basic. Had an understanding of Fortran and Cobol. And wish I'd had better instructors for C. I learned more C on my own doing a friends ex wifes programs for a class she never should have signed up for and realized it too late to drop. Haven't done anything with any of them in 20 years and could probably follow a print out witout problems and even program if I had a book handy to refresh.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Welp, that was actually kinda cool. Im now apparently a member of the committee.

One of the guys there provides managed services to Harris county including phones and about shit himself when I told him about our products. That's a huge deal in the making.

Another guy there was a good programmer that has worked for some of our partners building the interfaces we use today, he may come work for us.

As far as the committee went, this one wasnt about curriculum, it was about the IT facilities which sucked and they all knew it. Curriculum meeting is in March.

That one will be more fun I think. Food was actually pretty good.
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[308pirate]

Well, yeah I forgot to tell you about networking opportunities.

 

[myronman3]

throw in the words "renewable" and "sustainable"....they'll love ya.