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Met some of the kids of the first cohort doing the dev degree as I majored in CS at Carleton U. It was right before an exam. It seemed to me that most of them w
by kache_ 6y ago
Met some of the kids of the first cohort doing the dev degree as I majored in CS at Carleton U. It was right before an exam. It seemed to me that most of them were just gaming the tests the best they could because they had absolutely no time in between working & their course load.
Obviously this thing was an experiment, so I'm sure they're going to reevaluate based on the feedback. Also, this was an anecdote of only meeting them once. I did not see them in any classes because I wasn't going to any (was working full time). Their insane load hardened them for sure.
>20 hours a week for 3 course load
20 hours a week with 3 CS courses at carleton? If you're going solo dolo on everything it's much more time than that
- MattGaiser 6y ago> just gaming the tests the best they could I am a recent grad and have lots of friends still in university. That really just describes a lot of students in general. We had resumes to build outside of class, so yeah, a lot of us are just reading past tests, memorizing the answers, pouring the answers back onto the test, and repeating for the next course. I certainly would have considered dev degree were I applying today, but I am sure that I would treat that degree as no more than a credential to be won.
- Sindrome 6y agoFirst, game the SAT. Then this. Then game leetcode.
- throwaway9482 6y agoI’m not sure what the criticism is here, it’s a lot for a person to handle? It’s a co-op program what do you expect?
- kache_ 6y agoCo-op programs usually have the students work and study on alternative terms. This has them do both at the same time, and as a result won't be able to get the full value out of a CS education.
- throwaway9482 6y agoOf course cause they’re putting a lot of time into getting work experience
- kache_ 6y agoWhich is a suboptimal use of resources imo