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Subject: Re: College Degree in Chess Programming?

Author: James Swafford

Date: 14:23:04 10/29/02

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On October 29, 2002 at 13:01:54, Bob Durrett wrote:

>

You've got to be kidding.

Would you put "minor in Chess Software" on your resume or CV?


--
James



>Most or all of the chess programmers here received some kind of formal education
>in "software."  The typical Computer Science degree is intended for people who
>intend to reside in "the world of software" throughout their careers.
>
>But what about Master's Degrees?  Or PhDs?
>
>There are many specialties withing the software world.  One might assume that a
>graduate software degree might involve majors, minors, or other specializations.
>
>What about a minor in "Chess Software"?
>
>Available now?
>
>Available in near future?
>
>A similar idea is to compare a software PhD to a medical doctor's education.
>Typically, medical doctors have to do an internship.
>
>How about a Chess Software Internship?
>
>Carrying the anology one step further, consider MDs who decide to go back to
>school to get a specialty, such as brain surgery.  Could an analogous situation
>be a software PhD going back to learn an advanced "Chess Software" specialty?
>
>Would someone like Bob Hyatt make a good advisor for something like that?
>
>Just curious.
>
>Bob D.



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