[Poohbah]

I would add that folks should be learning more about formal testing methods and sensible project management techniques. Documentation is a fact of life, yet few people can write even mediocre material.

Then I would suggest more writing courses--basic composition, business writing, and technical writing.

I'm not a professional developer, but I've helped manage software projects and found that bad design makes for 80% of your problems. We had one team that tried to do a straight translation of assembly language code from 1969 to Java in 1999. It didn't work.

[dirtboy]

We had one team that tried to do a straight translation of assembly language code from 1969 to Java in 1999. It didn't work.

Gee, I wonder why?

[dirtboy]

Then I would suggest more writing courses--basic composition, business writing, and technical writing.

I took enough of those classes for a minor plus some. And they've always helped differentiate me from other folks. Especially nowadays, when there are many foreign workers versed in technology but who cannot write a coherent memo or specification.