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To be honest this should be a required course for most CS programs! Way more useful than other theoretical classes that were required but only probably needed
by creek567 9y ago
To be honest this should be a required course for most CS programs!
Way more useful than other theoretical classes that were required but only probably needed in grad school.
Software engineers (myself included) have this deep resentment for technical interviews, but they are part of a software developer life and the more comfortable we get doing them, the better off we are in long term!
- luvbb 9y agoI disagree. From my point of view University should be entirely about learning academic material for the sake of self improvement. To become a more enlightened and educated individual. Having a "Technical Interview" course isn't about furthering student's knowledge, but about furthering student's future finical gains. I believe strongly that any improvement of a student's position in the labor market should be a secondary effect, and not a primary concern, of a University. I think that if Universities start competing on student's success in the labor market post graduation then the centuries long tradition of improving student's knowledge will suffer.
- jhugg 9y agoYou can have it both ways. Maybe you don’t get college credit for learning how to interview, but a college could offer a free seminar on interviewing well in the evening or something. Colleges very much care how well their graduates do in the workforce, as it’s a key way they’re measured. It’s a tough balance to mix mind-expanding academia and direct preparedness though.