Are You a WSU Grad?

[1972Shocker]

I look at a college education as a foundation. Some areas of study can provide a concise, thick foundation to build on in the real world. Computer science is so expansive, the foundation has to be more broad and shallow, at least in my experience.

Not to mention that it is an area that is constantly changing and evolving.

[OregonShocker]

BHS-Resp Therapy '84; BS-Biology/Chem minor '84. I watched the "old glory days" live from the Student Section!

[OregonShocker]

AND went to several baseball games where the attendance was in the hundreds at best.

[Shock Top]

B.B.A. in Finance and Management. Haven't used either of them one damn day. (Oh well. One day maybe.)

Most expensive piece of paper I've ever bought!

[pogo]

Class of 1973 and 1976. Ms Atl 1972

cradle robber

[JackStraw]

Graduates :
Grandpa - 1905
Dad - 1945
Brother - 1965
Brother - 1966
Mom - 1971
Me - 1972 ( 5 yr program )
Brother - 1980
and my wife got her Masters in 2005

[RoyalShock]

Not to mention that it is an area that is constantly changing and evolving.

That's an excellent point, too.

The ironic thing is that on my first day as a programmer 26 years ago my boss told me to write a report in a programming language I'd never seen (and most people have probably never heard of), using another report as a template. I've since switched employers into a completely different industry (but within 10 miles, from Buhler to Hutch) and that language (a much more current version, obviously) is what the entire back end (all business logic) of our product is developed in.

For the curious programming geeks, that language was Dibol for VMS (from Digital Equipment Corp), which was sold to Synergy Corp. and became Synergy DBL, which we use on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms.

[Kung Wu]

That's an excellent point, too.

The ironic thing is that on my first day as a programmer 26 years ago my boss told me to write a report in a programming language I'd never seen (and most people have probably never heard of), using another report as a template. I've since switched employers into a completely different industry (but within 10 miles, from Buhler to Hutch) and that language (a much more current version, obviously) is what the entire back end (all business logic) of our product is developed in.

For the curious programming geeks, that language was Dibol for VMS (from Digital Equipment Corp), which was sold to Synergy Corp. and became Synergy DBL, which we use on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms.

VMS?! Did you bring a broom to knock out the cobwebs, while you switch out the punch cards in the machine?

[Anthroshock]

BA '99 MA '03

You can guess what major.

Closest I got to punch cards was using SAS on the mainframe to run stats.

[ShockerEngineer]

That's an excellent point, too.

The ironic thing is that on my first day as a programmer 26 years ago my boss told me to write a report in a programming language I'd never seen (and most people have probably never heard of), using another report as a template. I've since switched employers into a completely different industry (but within 10 miles, from Buhler to Hutch) and that language (a much more current version, obviously) is what the entire back end (all business logic) of our product is developed in.

For the curious programming geeks, that language was Dibol for VMS (from Digital Equipment Corp), which was sold to Synergy Corp. and became Synergy DBL, which we use on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms.

<- curious programming geek who has never heard of Dibol.

As for me, B.S. Computer Engineering 2009, M.S. Computer Networking 2011.

[wufan]

Not a grad. Became a fan watching live games in the early 90s and listening to the Shockers on AM radio in the car with my Dad in the driveway (couldn't get reception in the house).

[Kung Wu]

BA '99 MA '03

You can guess what major.

Closest I got to punch cards was using SAS on the mainframe to run stats.

That was a joke. VMS isn't old enough for punch cards, but was an operating system for minis if I remember. Sort of a UNIXy type OS.

[shock]

VHS? I have one of those.

[Triticum aestivum L.]

On mobile also. Yes, both BBA and MBA. Mom, sister, wife also WSU grads.

[RoyalShock]

That was a joke. VMS isn't old enough for punch cards, but was an operating system for minis if I remember. Sort of a UNIXy type OS.

VMS running on DEC's Alpha processor machines was pretty dang good. I miss it.