Re: university studies?

[Erik Mouw]

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:

- Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, "The C programming language"
  (ANSI edition)
- Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, "The practice of programming"
- Jon Bentley, "Programming Pearls"

And of course don't wait with kernel programming until after you finish
your studies. Do it right now. Subscribe to linux-kernel, and follow
the discussions. Test patches and improve them, get your hands dirty.

Erik
[who did "M.Sc. Electrical Engineering"]

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