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Mr. Gelernter doesn't look for computer science majors, because schools don't teach them what he values in a developer. The teaching is "10 years behind in a fi
by ranci 11y ago
Mr. Gelernter doesn't look for computer science majors, because schools don't teach them what he values in a developer.
The teaching is "10 years behind in a field that changes every 10 minutes."
--Web dev changes a lot, but some things like Java were used 10 years ago and are still used today.
"The courses focus on things he considers irrelevant (like operating system design) without providing experience with working on real development teams."
--Really? I'm going to be taking 2 capstone software engineering courses that focus on building real world applications in teams.
"There are few courses on practical skills like mobile app development."
--Took a class on iOS development already, taking another class for android development this fall. I have literally no clue what this guy is talking about. Maybe its your idea of what computer science students are learning that isn't changing. And why would it, when you don't hire any..............