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And Europe wonders why it doesn't have any serious Facebook/Google competitors. An engineer is anyone who uses technology to solve a problem. Now there's a ma
by scottLobster 9y ago
And Europe wonders why it doesn't have any serious Facebook/Google competitors.
An engineer is anyone who uses technology to solve a problem. Now there's a massive spectrum of quality there, but a piece of paper or two and some classwork doesn't make you an engineer. Or even a particularly good engineer. Just the other day I explained how Hash Tables work to someone with a Masters.
- Danihan 9y agoWas it a masters in CS?
- arethuza 9y agoI've known quite a few people with "conversion course" UK MSc degrees who probably wouldn't know what a hashtable is let along how they work.
- scottLobster 9y agoYep.
- pjmlp 9y agoLots of American tech in Facebook and Google has been created by Europeans with degrees that decided to work in US. Should I make a list?
- scottLobster 9y agoSure, but by this program's criteria a lot of those people probably wouldn't be considered "Engineers" in their home countries, all because they don't have a piece of paper from some meaningless authority. From my admittedly limited exposure to the continent and knowing my sister's experience with Swiss Bureaucracy, I can only imagine European government workers get high off the ink from all the rubber stamps required.