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For those interested in my personal answer: My experience as a student of CS is that you are taught principles that will most likely stay the same for the next

For those interested in my personal answer: My experience as a student of CS is that you are taught principles that will most likely stay the same for the next 10-40 years. Besides that, every talented student i've met so far figured most of these principles out for themselves before deciding to study cs. Either they learned it out of own interest or just concluded them out of the it world they were presented at the time. There are a lot of students at my university who put lots of hard hours into learning the cs just because they hope to earn a lot at a stable job with the degree and i don't judge them for their goal, but i wouldn't be interested as an employer in one of them because from my experience the ideas needed for innovation aren't born in a grinding mind.

vilya 16y ago
From your earlier post though, you're only 1 or two years into your CS course? If that's your exposure then I'd agree: the stuff you learn in the early part of a CS course is the stuff that a bright person could figure out for themselves. It's the basics. The basics are important of course, but that's not all there is to it - and that's why the course doesn't just end after the first year. Also, regarding your final paragraph, innovation isn't the only valuable attribute. The best innovators aren't necessarily the best finishers. A well rounded team needs both to deliver a good product. I know you were giving your opinion; just trying to provide an alternative point of view.