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dhtml18:
^^^this is true, again, this is why people need to READ, since all these things are clearly documented. Well, make I no LIE, I have the equivalent knowledge of a CS graduate because I once studied in an institution, but was forced to drop out (not failed mind you, that is a long story for another day) and through some abracadabra, graduated with M.B.B.S rather than Bsc CS. So that is probably why I know what a single-precision, double-precision e.t.c is, and understand how pointers are stored in memory, things like binary codes, ASCII characters, difference between carriage return and line feed, why you should use varchar(5) instead TEXT or LONGTEXT for fields e.t.c

For a person that just started learning programming without a background knowledge of CS, all those things I just mentioned above will be rubbish, because your own will just be to make things work - THE CODE IS WORKING (Not caring if there is memory leak, or your app is consuming too much resources). You dont care to determine whether your program is best to be single or multi-threaded - you just want it to work and that is it!

My background is similar to yours i graduated with an LLB. their codes work but can't scale , i personally don't care if you come from a cs background or not but if i'll be interviewing a candidate without a cs background i'll definitely make sure he has an understanding of the basics.

Most times we think of Software projects from a technology perspective alone ,
Projects fail not necessarily because the software doesn't work but because we don't factor in social parameters.
There was this change management projected i consulted on and during investigation
I have overheard the accountant "major user of the software" say he won't use the software.
He was not happy with his company for spending " money "used in implementing the system while the company still owed him two months salary and his annual housing allowance , he also felt the existing system they had was more okay.

You don't need a cs degree to become a good programmer but having one helps.
I once worked in a team where we developed a financial application and the guys didn't seem to understand the difference between the double and decimal datatype and the implication of using either. They can make software that "works" but lack understanding of such basic things.
They know design patterns but their code screams anti-pattern. i don't have a core cs degree myself

Nigerian bloggers and their junk reports.. That's Ugali and skuma he is eating Kenyan food.

you can tell it's not genuine the email address gave them away.. you should do a quick search on the domain wildblue. net