Invitation to contribute to the Unix Scripting Education
Professional Advisory Committee.

The purpose of this survey is to establish contact with industry
professionals wishing to influence the curriculum of their future
employees. At the end of the survey is an invitation to become
involved in the committee to oversee this research.

Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=743662789831

Background:

Unix scripting at the command line interface is an essential skill for
software development, data analysis and system administration.
Professionals apply these skills in areas as diverse as: web services;
bioinformatics and genome sequencing; quantitative modeling in
transport, energy and the financial sectors; network traffic management
for telecommunications; and nuclear physics to name a few.

It is to the detriment of the IT sector that there is not yet a clear
definition of the core scripting skills which are needed by students
who branch into the various specializations, and therefore there is an
inconsistent coverage of these skills across the education sector.

USEPAC is a committee based at the University of Technology, Sydney,
the University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales, whose
task is to identify the scripting skills which define the various
levels of competence. The identified skill sets will be published in
order to drive the design of courses and learning resources in the IT
education sector, and to enable IT professionals to be aware of their
standing.


Andrew Solomon

AndrewS wrote:
> Invitation to contribute to the Unix Scripting Education
> Professional Advisory Committee.
>
> The purpose of this survey is to establish contact with industry
> professionals wishing to influence the curriculum of their future
> employees. At the end of the survey is an invitation to become
> involved in the committee to oversee this research.
>
> Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=743662789831
>
> Background:
>
> Unix scripting at the command line interface is an essential skill for
> software development, data analysis and system administration.
> Professionals apply these skills in areas as diverse as: web services;
> bioinformatics and genome sequencing; quantitative modeling in
> transport, energy and the financial sectors; network traffic management
> for telecommunications; and nuclear physics to name a few.
>
> It is to the detriment of the IT sector that there is not yet a clear
> definition of the core scripting skills which are needed by students
> who branch into the various specializations, and therefore there is an
> inconsistent coverage of these skills across the education sector.
>
> USEPAC is a committee based at the University of Technology, Sydney,
> the University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales, whose
> task is to identify the scripting skills which define the various
> levels of competence. The identified skill sets will be published in
> order to drive the design of courses and learning resources in the IT
> education sector, and to enable IT professionals to be aware of their
> standing.
>
>
> Andrew Solomon
>

Whilst I couldn't take part, I have to agree with the sentiment. As
someone who has just graduated from a pretty good British University
with a Computer Systems Engineering degree, I'm pretty surprised I never
once looked at a unix shell. I can only imagine how much more useful it
would have been to me than the various other dribble I had to put up
with. Ok most of it wasn't dribble, but still, one hour a week for one
term and you would be flying.

so yeah, that's my +1