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Agreed - I've interviewed candidates with no CS degree that outperformed ones from Harvard etc. In fact many of the best ones were self-taught...
by synaesthesisx 8y ago
Agreed - I've interviewed candidates with no CS degree that outperformed ones from Harvard etc. In fact many of the best ones were self-taught...
- gnulinux 8y agoI'm finding it very hard to believe a student who did well in MIT or Berkeley can "on average" be outperformed by someone who is self-taught. I'm not suggesting all students in top schools are good, or nobody self-taught is good, but in my experience there is a strong correlation. I'm also surprised that (1) people had a differing experience in this thread and (2) I'm downvoted for expressing my experience. Disclaimer: I taught CS classes in both Berkeley and MIT.
- DannyBee 8y agoFwiw: Most new grads suck at coding. The self taught are often a little better. The algorithms and data structures part is a toss up. Maybe they are good at class and bad in interviews, but ... On average I haven't seen the correlation you have.