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While it seems anecdotally true that the mathematical foundations of computer science are being downplayed in universities in favour of giving students a more p
by ajxs 8y ago
While it seems anecdotally true that the mathematical foundations of computer science are being downplayed in universities in favour of giving students a more practical education in software engineering, which is an entire contentious discussion in and of itself. I think that a big factor in influencing your observation could be that CS is no longer the main entry point into a career in software development. In the organisation I work in, many of the younger hires do not come from CS backgrounds, and even many of the older hires come from other scientific disciplines.
- momofarm 8y agoif you want to get into software development, just go to any so called "boot-camp" class for few couple months. Then you know how to write some webpages with new shiny JS framework, congrats you are a "qualified" software guy. Now go to write those sh*ty code ............ Math? what math? CS background? algorithm? if you are not going to challenge FAAG why bothered? if you just want to code few pages, writing some sql query, there is no need for that. and for 80% of enterprises, they need only CHEAP engineers. sorry for the rant, just another morning with lots of idiots bothered me.
- ajxs 8y agoI agree with you. Unfortunately there's numerous perverse incentives within the business sector that are promoting this. I'm glad I won't be alive in 2070 to fly intercontinental in an aeroplane with avionics written in Node.js...
- momofarm 8y agoI don't think NodeJS is an issue, the problem always lies in PEOPLE who wrote code. If you want me to said what's the terrible thing? the code that very FEW people actually use, no one EVER VERIFIED it. Do you dare to install these piece of crap to the plane you sit on?