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I don't know if this is common in USA to finish higher education in computer science and not learn about graphs at some point? Even the basics? In Europe most
by nukeop 9y ago
I don't know if this is common in USA to finish higher education in computer science and not learn about graphs at some point? Even the basics?
In Europe most universities that teach computer science have at least one course fully dedicated to graph theory, algorithms for traversal, shortest path finding, cycle detection and so on. I didn't even know it was possible to work professionally as a software developer and not already know all of this.
- the_af 9y agoAnother thing I noticed is the number of articles claiming that "college is overrated" or that "CS is not useful for the real world" and in general downplaying the importance of a formal education, and then... "I don't understand Graph Theory". Yes, not saying the same people claim all these things, but surely there's some connection between deriding a formal CS education and not understanding a prime example of a CS topic like Graph Theory?
- curuinor 9y agoIt's common everywhere software is made that the people who make it don't necessarily have a higher ed degree in computer science. I do, and I was forced to dedicate a course to it, yes