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> If you have Javascript devs that came out of some boot camp with no knowledge of either, do you teach algorithms 101 or low-level CPU programming 101 first?
by ScottFree 7y ago
> If you have Javascript devs that came out of some boot camp with no knowledge of either, do you teach algorithms 101 or low-level CPU programming 101 first?
The latter. It's also known as "computer architecture" and is something typically taught in the first two years of a bachelor's degree. How can you hope to learn to properly program a computer if you don't know what a computer is?
- emsy 7y agoThat’s an unpopular opinion on HN, and not because you can’t learn those thing outside of university (because you absolutely can). But because there’s a push by the industry to make programming a low skill/low wage job. Many are still enjoying a low skill/high pay career and want to remain blissfully ignorant of their future.
- ScottFree 7y ago> That’s an unpopular opinion on HN Too bad for HN, then, because commodifying web development has done it no favors. > Many are still enjoying a low skill/high pay career and want to remain blissfully ignorant of their future. That's where I was a few years ago. I'm a web developer who recently went back and re-learned all the low level stuff I forgot and didn't think was necessary 20 years ago. I was wrong.