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I'm surprised how many people are oblivious to this. There is little in one's formal educational experience to prepare one for the concept that one can do work
by mechanical_fish 16y ago
I'm surprised how many people are oblivious to this.
There is little in one's formal educational experience to prepare one for the concept that one can do work that has real value. So much of what you work on is an exercise, a problem that has already been solved that you must solve again for a grade or a prize, after which your work will be thrown away.
- gridspy 16y agoIt is unfortunate how much programming is replicated by hundreds of businesses, not shared and then thrown away 3-10 years later. Thank god for open source and the corresponding increase in code sharing.
- mechanical_fish 16y agoThat's the idea, all right. Fix a bug or add a module in an open source project, experience the power of actually making a difference.