My year was a huge disappointment to our directors of studies - they are probably still embarassed to this day. Out of 8 starting mathematicians, 2 switched after the first year (law and divinity) and not a single first in any of 3 years.
@CadeRoux - I did Genetics in College - nobody in our two senior years got a first (>25% went on to Ph.D.s) - rather it reflects well on a department that they're not handing first class honours degrees like they were smarties - just for reference for non-English speakers, a smarty is a sweet/candy! (<snarky comment> if only the same could be said of other departments...</snarky comment>...
So Biml is a thing for making SSIS packages programmatically. I have an alert set on those questions as the volume is trivial and I'm likely the only person to answer them
Glassdoor can be a treasure trove of information on places you don't ever want to be employed at. I love reading the 1-2 star reviews because they always dish where the bodies are buried
@ypercubeᵀᴹ Exam results for each year at Cambridge are classified by departments as first, upper second, lower second and third, with some occasional rare categories for allowed to proceed without honours and did not satisfy the examiners. A starred first result means a distinction in the exam. Degrees are not classified at the end, however.
@CadeRoux @ypercubeᵀᴹ In T.C.D., it's I - first class honours (a "first"), II<sub>1</sub> - second class, first division , a "two-one", II<sub>2</sub> - second class, second division and a III - third class, a "third" (might as well be a turd! :-) - also called a "pass".
First is considered excellent, 2.1 is very good, 2.2 is decent enough and a 3 is, well, "they did their best..."
It's all part of the semesterisation programme, at least in Europe- where students will be able to transfer credits from one institution to another... the Brits dropped out of Erasmus - pity - I met many Continental students who enjoyed their Erasmus time in Britain - another Pyrrhic "victory" for the Brexiteers!
@ypercubeᵀᴹ - in France, my other expérience universitaire, it's from 0 - 20 - vingt sur vingt is excellent - used colloquially for something really cool... like 100% or 10 out of 10...
Primary school homeworks/quizzes are normally out of 10!
@billinkc - you mentioned fonts the other day and I uploaded an image of the Chi-Rho page from the Book of Kells... I'm about the nestle down with "Just my Type" by Simon Garfield - a book about fonts - anybody read it?
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here (who doesn't have an Irish connection) know much (or anything indeed) about the Book of Kells?