Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] NEWS ARTICLE: For sub hobbyists, smugglers' craft is subpar

[irox <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

This is quite an interesting thread, even if a little off-topic from psubs, education and
the motivations behind it do impact our sub hobbies in some ways.

I'm another software engineer with a computer science degree.  My education was
solely about learning to learn, I already knew most of the material from messing
around with computers and electronics as a child, the real value was learning how
to research, present findings, analisys of results, etc. which are applicable to
any field (let's face it, 95% of what is taught in undergraduate CS degrees is
practically out of date by time you graduate - well, it was probably out of date
before you started the degree).

The learning how to learn part was key to when I got interested in designing and 
building subs, being able to digest the wealth of information already avaliable and
make sense of it all.

Of course, life teaches you how to learn as well, so there is no peice of paper
required for anything (other than artifical barriers placed by bureaucrats).

I'm toying with the idea of going back to college at some point and maybe getting
my Masters in Naval Architecture and/or Marine Engineering, this time the motivation
would be to learn the material, rather than learning how to learn. 

Cheers,
  Ian.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Perkel <joeperkel@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 1, 2006 1:51 PM
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] NEWS ARTICLE: For sub hobbyists, smugglers' craft is subpar
>
>OT:
>
>James,
>
>My education in large part, has been to convince others, that I am capable 
>of doing,..... of what I was already capable of doing.
>
>The journalist quoted you as more historian..than laborer, and accurate were 
>the facts...well done!
>
>You have been quoted in the Wall Street Journal my friend, not just any 
>paper. Save it for posterity, and do your thing, whatever that may be.
>
>
>
>Joe
>
>
>
>>From: James Huffman <grandadmiraldonitz@yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] NEWS ARTICLE: For sub hobbyists, smugglers' 
>>craft is subpar
>>Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:30:43 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>While I may be a warehouse laborer, I am working towards a degree in 
>>computer networking.  Not sure if that means anything.
>>
>>   James
>>
>>Paul Kreemer <paulkreemer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>   I was surprised too.  I guess software is a big catch-all for technical 
>>types.  I've worked with a number of people with engineering degrees that 
>>didn't really practice in their field but went into some type of 'computer 
>>work' (and that includes myself).
>>
>>Paul
>>
>>   On 12/1/06, Nomdae Plume <nomdae@hotmail.com> wrote:        I found it 
>>interesting how many of those quoted in the article are software engineers. 
>>Being one myself, and the same age as George, and living in Central 
>>Florida... it was a surprising coincidence.
>>
>>   -- NP
>>
>>
>>
>>
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