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To counter - I have met all too many folks some with a CS degree that don’t understand these concepts, either. I hear about them every day because I sit next t
by lostgame 7y ago
To counter - I have met all too many folks some with a CS degree that don’t understand these concepts, either.
I hear about them every day because I sit next to the HR manager, and hear the horror stories of the blank faces when basic concepts were asked. The phrase ‘how did they even make it through a CS program?’ is common.
Fortunately, I have a ton of experience with threading and data structures, I wouldn’t personally make such generalizations - I knew this would be among the first responses I got from someone with a degree.
No, our lack of degree doesn’t imply we lack fundamental concepts - any more than a degree assures you do - and, I don’t know about you, but most of the full-time employers I’ve had would happily pay for a coding boot camp for me on a topic of my choice. shrugs
- mav3rick 7y agoYou maybe an outlier. I clearly said some are great. "Our" - you don't represent all self learners.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago> I hear about them every day because I sit next to the HR manager, and hear the horror stories of the blank faces when basic concepts were asked. The phrase ‘how did they even make it through a CS program?’ is common. That's true but entirely beside the point. Being given the opportunity to learn CS concepts and failing to do so is separate from never having been exposed to the concepts in the first place. They don't even know what they don't know. > No, our lack of degree doesn’t imply we lack fundamental concepts It doesn't guarantee that they lack fundamental concepts but I would say better than 95% of the time, they do.