TITLE: A Conflict Between Fashion and the Unfashionable
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 21, 2012  3:57 PM
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Passage of the day, courtesy of
<A HREF="http://scripting.com/stories/2012/04/19/itsDefinitelyABubble.html">
   Dave Winer</A>:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
They have started incubators in every major city on the planet.
Unfortunately it hasn't been stylish to learn how to program
for a number of years, so there aren't that many programmers
available to hire.  And it takes years to get really good at
this stuff.
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey, they
<A HREF="http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2010-12.html#e2010-12-01T15_45_40.htm">
   just need a programmer</A>.
Or fifty.

While we teach CS students to program, we need to cultivate
an entrepreneurial spirit, too.  What an opportunity awaits
someone with ideas and the ability to carry them out.
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