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>seems more like a bunch of entitled brats. I'd say anyone that drops the money on a 4 year CS education of any rigor, survives it, survives and succeeds at th
by Tehchops 8y ago
>seems more like a bunch of entitled brats.
I'd say anyone that drops the money on a 4 year CS education of any rigor, survives it, survives and succeeds at the fairly rigorous interview cycles required to get a job in SWE these days... is absolutely entitled to requesting top of the line hardware to perform their duties.
I'd say your argument makes it "seem" like it's coming from envious, curmudgeonly luddites.
If individuals of other vocations feel that these developers are "entitled brats", perhaps they should switch careers? I can't imagine a teacher went in to education seriously expecting to get provisioned the latest rMBP as a perk?
Are we assuming all jobs are equally dependent on high-end hardware to provide the best RoI for time spent?
- scarface74 8y agoBecause you think CS is the hardest, most rigorous major?
- Tehchops 8y agoWhere did I say or even imply that? I simply said it was hard and rigorous. Not the most.
- lightedman 8y agoI ended up testing out within 6 months and getting my degree, with my brain damage on top of it. Rigorous is too strong of a word to describe the shoddy state of CS education today. It was much, MUCH harder in the earlier days when everything was ASM and C.
- cr0sh 8y agoWhy do you assume all employed SWEs have 4 year CS degrees? Or any degree at all?
- Tehchops 8y agoThat's fair. Then they've managed to educate themselves, not exactly a non-trivial feat either.
- scarface74 8y agoTeaching yourself to program is not rocket science either. I was writing 65C02 and x86 assembly on 6th grade in the 80s. I got a C.S. degree because that’s what I was suppose to do.