[H-GEN] Vice President's report.

[David Seikel]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:32:05 +1000 (EST) Robert Brockway
<robert at timetraveller.org> wrote:

> The flow of undergrads spending a few hours with people to play on 
> computers seems to have dried up.  Is this because of a fundamental
> change in the outlook and expectations of undergrads?  Don't people
> in IT degrees spend at least part of their free time exploring the
> world of computing?

In the old days, when we were young, people doing computers did so
because they where passionate about computers.  These days it's because
it's a well paying job.  Any well trained suit can do it.

-- 
A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants
coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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