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I don’t concur. Received a comp-sci degree in 2008 from a small liberal arts college. I was one of five grads in my year, and most of the last two years were n
by wjossey 8y ago
I don’t concur.
Received a comp-sci degree in 2008 from a small liberal arts college. I was one of five grads in my year, and most of the last two years were not spent learning “practical” tech, but rather theories, algorithms, etc. My liberal arts educating taught me how to write, how to discuss solutions, explore tough concepts, break problems down into smaller subtasks, and more.
Skills are important. But theory matters too. Just because one has value does not rule out the other.
- yters 8y agoI agree there is value to the theory. But, the valuable parts are fairly easy to explain, when not convoluted through academese, and many classes can probably be consolidated into one or two. Plus, most of the useful theory is encapsulated by someone else's well designed library. So, it is helpful to know, but the hard implementation part is unnecessary. I am not so much arguing against CS theory, but CS education.