Unix questions - Unix Scripting Education Survey

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Unix Scripting Education Survey

AndrewS

2006-11-13, 9:01 am

Invitation to contribute to the Unix Scripting Education
Professional Advisory Committee.

The purpose of this survey is to establish contact with industry
professionals wishing to influence the curriculum of their future
employees. At the end of the survey is an invitation to become
involved in the committee to oversee this research.

Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=743662789831

Background:

Unix scripting at the command line interface is an essential skill for
software development, data analysis and system administration.
Professionals apply these skills in areas as diverse as: web services;
bioinformatics and genome sequencing; quantitative modeling in
transport, energy and the financial sectors; network traffic management
for telecommunications; and nuclear physics to name a few.

It is to the detriment of the IT sector that there is not yet a clear
definition of the core scripting skills which are needed by students
who branch into the various specializations, and therefore there is an
inconsistent coverage of these skills across the education sector.

USEPAC is a committee based at the university of Technology, Sydney,
the university of Sydney, and the university of New South Wales, whose
task is to identify the scripting skills which define the various
levels of competence. The identified skill sets will be published in
order to drive the design of courses and learning resources in the IT
education sector, and to enable IT professionals to be aware of their
standing.

Andrew Solomon

Alan Connor

2006-11-13, 9:01 am

On comp.unix.questions, in <1163203767.027220.272980@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "AndrewS" wrote:

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> From: "AndrewS" <pillyponka@gmail.com>

"pillyponka"?

Sounds real professional to me.

Why don't you have a mailbox at one of these places?:

The university of Technology, Sydney, the university of Sydney,
or the university of New South Wales.

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Why aren't you posting from one of those universities?

Duh.

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>
>
>
> Invitation to contribute to the Unix Scripting Education
> Professional Advisory Committee.
>
> The purpose of this survey is to establish contact with
> industry professionals wishing to influence the curriculum
> of their future employees. At the end of the survey is an
> invitation to become involved in the committee to oversee this
> research.
>
> Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=743662789831

Sure. That's just where a bunch of academics with access to
the computer resources of three major universities would
host their survey?

Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?

>
> Background:
>
> Unix scripting at the command line interface is an essential
> skill for software development, data analysis and system
> administration. Professionals apply these skills in areas as
> diverse as: web services; bioinformatics and genome sequencing;
> quantitative modeling in transport, energy and the financial
> sectors; network traffic management for telecommunications; and
> nuclear physics to name a few.
>
> It is to the detriment of the IT sector that there is not yet a
> clear definition of the core scripting skills which are needed
> by students who branch into the various specializations, and
> therefore there is an inconsistent coverage of these skills
> across the education sector.
>
> USEPAC is a committee based at the university of Technology,
> Sydney, the university of Sydney, and the university of New
> South Wales, whose task is to identify the scripting skills
> which define the various levels of competence. The identified
> skill sets will be published in order to drive the design of
> courses and learning resources in the IT education sector, and
> to enable IT professionals to be aware of their standing.
>
>
> Andrew Solomon
>

Good grief! The trolls get dumber every day.

Alan

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Sam

2006-11-13, 9:01 am