What about academic writing? Knowing the vocabulary so that you wouldn't be that guy in the room speaking in sentences where you could just use a concept? Gene

What about academic writing? Knowing the vocabulary so that you wouldn't be that guy in the room speaking in sentences where you could just use a concept? General understanding how academia works? Raising money, realising the potential of every other person in the room? People tend to forget that "Computer Science" is _science_. The guy seems to be focusing on something that would be called Software Engineering course in the UK.