[Ilugc] Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India
- From: 83sutha@xxxxxxxxx (சுதன் | suthan)
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:27:51 +0530
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hi,
being a faculty member i thought i would share my ideas on the issue
discussed. all of your arguments are true regarding the state of
educational institutions and quality of staff members. Being head of
department i am also incharge of recruiting staff members to myh department
and one sad thing that i see is that all the students who are very bright
and could be a staff member like u discuss do not want to get into
teaching. They prefer industry. then how are we supposed to get good
faculty members if the brightest students are not willing to enter into the
profession.
Also any working member gets experienced only during a course of time. if
all of the faculties appointed should be experienced, then how are
graduates supposed to get jobs. what if all the industries want only
experienced persons and not freshers.
Coming to the students part i have observed most students not willing to
try anything other than what is given or prescribed by the curriculum. What
they want is good marks because the first entry point to an interview
process is marks. People who have the capability to memorize more win in
the race. a very few who try anything other goes to the industry.
I have seen a lot of faculty members who have and are trying to bring the
students into what we want or linus expects in his interview. i hope all of
u must have met atleast one faculty member like that in your college days.
Yes thats not enough ofcourse. i think suggestions by christopher could
bring some changes.
What if an IT major posts an ad for fresher vacancy (maybe even tomorrow)
and includes the following lines in the ad
1) Must have completed your final year project independently and must be
verifiable.
2) Must have shown interest in at least ONE tech group and must have
contributed significantly during student days.
3) Must have authored a tech blog.
and so on and so forth
Suthan.A
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