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FWIW I started my CS degree in 2001. My first CS class assumed I knew how to navigate a *nix system (I forget which one). I was also expected to already know
by Consultant32452 9y ago
FWIW I started my CS degree in 2001. My first CS class assumed I knew how to navigate a *nix system (I forget which one). I was also expected to already know at least one programming or scripting language of my choice that could be used on the school's servers. That included but was not necessarily limited to: Perl, Java, C/C++. Oh, and I also needed to know Matlab.
- dagw 9y agoMy university, around the same time, offered a 2 week, 0 credit, intro to Unix course that everybody who hadn't worked with *nix systems before where expected to take. All courses then assumed that everybody knew everything taught in that course.
- alistairSH 9y agoI'd say that's a massive flaw in the curriculum. They've effectively written off the overwhelming majority of new college students. Outside of a high-school level CS course, where would one even encounter a *nix system (yes, I'm ignoring the dedicated geeks who spin up their own system for fun)?
- Consultant32452 9y agoTheir goal was probably not to maximize the number of CS graduates. FWIW my university had a well respected 2nd tier CS program. By that I mean just short of MIT/Georgia Tech/etc.