Re: university studies?

[Riley Williams]

Hi Peter.

 > Ok, im 16 and looking at heading into uni as soon as ive
 > finished year 12. I'm gonna head on over to uni, i am wondering
 > out of curiosity what courses most kernel developers have done?
 > im going to do either bachelour of computer science, or
 > information technology, at a later date, when im done my studies
 > im hoping to help with kernel developing, mozilla etc. etc., so
 > i was wondering what people would consider the course that gives
 > you "kernel development" sort of skillset-mindset any feedback
 > is appriciated, please CC it to my mail adress at
 > [e-mail]

Personally, I did "B.Sc. Computer Studies", but I suspect the actual
course title is irrelevant, and it's the modules you do in the course
that matter. Here's what I would regard as important:

 1. A thorough knowledge of programming in C. Knowledge of C++
    will help.

 2. Experience of programming hardware will definitely help.

 3. The ability to think logically is a definite advantage, and
    tends to result in 90%+ of your programs working first time.

Additions, anybody?

Best wishes from Riley.