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Not sure what CS degrees you're talking about, but having done both a Biochemistry and a CS degree as an undergraduate, your description doesn't comport with wh
by entee 7y ago
Not sure what CS degrees you're talking about, but having done both a Biochemistry and a CS degree as an undergraduate, your description doesn't comport with what I've seen.
I had on average about one lab class a semester as a Biochemist, and on average one programming class a semester as a CS. You couldn't pass the CS class without being able to write code that worked and got more complicated by the end of the semester. By no means did this mean I (or anyone else) was an awesome software engineer by virtue of doing the degree, but I'd put almost anyone with a decent grade from my undergrad program into an entry level position. Same deal with Chemists or Biochemists. I've done a bunch of hiring and can say often bootcamp grads are less able to come up with a sophisticated answer to a problem they haven't studied before.
I say this also as a grad of Insight, a DS bootcamp of sorts.
- mattmanser 7y agoAn actual chemistry degree will have 3 labs a week, all afternoon. Every week. Whatever mickey mouse "biochemistry" degree you did, it was bullshit.
- craftinator 7y agoYou go Matt, don't let this Pleb get off thinking he sacrificed nearly enough time or life experiences to be one of the l33t! Get him bulldog! He was probably spending all that extra time doing namby pamby "personal projects" or "relationship building"! He's not a REAL engineer!
- entee 7y agoNot entirely sure whether you're kidding, but however mickey mouse it was, it did end up as a precursor to earning a biochemistry PhD at a top ranked university so I guess the joke's on them!