Oddservation

I have a large project running at the UTS with undergraduate students.

The mechanical/automation students are very easy to converse with and are well rounded in their interests. They are so motivated that we have hatched a plan to spin out a company from the project straight away, using the technology in a market niche that is easy to attack.

The software students are functioning morons. There is not a glimmer of interest in their eyes. They have a task to do and this is to code the concept up. I don’t think they would care if the application was 3D printed dog food or social media on the moon. In fact, I find it almost impossible to converse with them.

So for the spin out I have set my mechanical/automation guys the task of finding some student coders that are functioning humans with an interest in fame, fortune or achieving a broad base of skills. We will see.