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If it's anything like what happened at my alma mater, they may well have switched to Java for everything. It's really a disservice to students. Developing comp

If it's anything like what happened at my alma mater, they may well have switched to Java for everything. It's really a disservice to students. Developing competence in a variety of programming paradigms is a career-expanding experience. It makes picking up a new language - and, by extension, a new technology stack - a quick and easy thing to do, because there will be very few ways of doing things that you haven't seen before. Which, in turn, makes it a lot more feasible to pivot your career or act quickly when an opportunity arrives. A bunch of students who know only Java, on the other hand, is exactly what big corporate employers want. For employers, it maximizes the interchangeability of employees. For employees, it minimizes the interchangeability of employers.

zabzonk 6y ago
> at my alma mater Where would that be? Why is everyone here avoiding being specific? If you are not specific, why should we believe in what you say?
- mumblemumble 6y ago
  Because doing so would not be decorous, and there's no practical reason to do so. The most practical way someone could act on the opinion I expressed, if they find it useful, is not to sit and laboriously compile a list of individual institutions. It's to take that opinion under advisement in the course of the due diligence they should already be doing in their college search. As for the last question, if I had any fiduciary responsibility, I would advise you not to believe anything posted on an Internet message board, because the commenters are largely just a bunch of anonymous yahoos who like to troll high school juniors and seniors as a sort of perverse hobby.
- a1369209993 6y ago
  Probably for the same reason their username is "mumblemumble" rather than "Ted Anderson from New York". This isn't Facebook; don't ask people to dox themselves. If you want people to name and shame, ask for a list of offending institutions, not individual examples. (Also, fact-check that list, rather than blindly accepting accusations made by internet randoms, but that should go without saying.)
  - zabzonk 6y ago
    I didn't ask about their real name, I asked about the college they were talking about, which hardly exposes them to doxing.
    - pgcj_poster 6y ago
      The more information attached to your account, the closer it gets to revealing your true identity.

zabzonk 6y ago

> at my alma mater Where would that be? Why is everyone here avoiding being specific? If you are not specific, why should we believe in what you say?

mumblemumble 6y ago
Because doing so would not be decorous, and there's no practical reason to do so. The most practical way someone could act on the opinion I expressed, if they find it useful, is not to sit and laboriously compile a list of individual institutions. It's to take that opinion under advisement in the course of the due diligence they should already be doing in their college search. As for the last question, if I had any fiduciary responsibility, I would advise you not to believe anything posted on an Internet message board, because the commenters are largely just a bunch of anonymous yahoos who like to troll high school juniors and seniors as a sort of perverse hobby.
a1369209993 6y ago
Probably for the same reason their username is "mumblemumble" rather than "Ted Anderson from New York". This isn't Facebook; don't ask people to dox themselves. If you want people to name and shame, ask for a list of offending institutions, not individual examples. (Also, fact-check that list, rather than blindly accepting accusations made by internet randoms, but that should go without saying.)
- zabzonk 6y ago
  I didn't ask about their real name, I asked about the college they were talking about, which hardly exposes them to doxing.
  - pgcj_poster 6y ago
    The more information attached to your account, the closer it gets to revealing your true identity.