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Because knowing the hardware is, of course, essential to make a well-functioning CRUD app.
by stdbrouw 16y ago
Because knowing the hardware is, of course, essential to make a well-functioning CRUD app.
- khafra 16y agoA physics degree can get you a mid-six-figure job as a quant on Wall Street.
- jrockway 16y agoBut the people writing the CRUD apps get that too.
- Luyt 16y agoWhat's a 'mid-six-figure'? 150000? 500000?
- gjm11 16y agoDoes "mid-six-figure" mean $550k (midpoint of the six-figure range), $300k (ditto but using the geometric mean), or $150k (midpoint of the $100k-$200k range)? (My impression is that $150k is a plausible entry-level quant salary, but it seems a bit strange to describe that as "mid-six-figure".)
- bmm6o 16y agoThe "x-figure" notation is essentially logarithmic with an offset: "6-figures" = 10^5. Therefore, "mid-six-figures" should be roughly 10^5.5 or $316227.
- simcop2387 16y agoI believe that's the geometric mean he's referring to. (a*b)^1/2 # geometric mean, square root of the product of the two numbers (10^5 * 10^6)^(1/2) # substitute in for 10^5 and 10^6, the limits of the six-figure range (10^(5+6))^(1/2) # simplify inner product (10^11)^(1/2) # more simplify 10^(11 * 1/2) # move the 1/2 in, and ... 10^(11/2) # simplify 10^5.5 # and finally you get the same result The geometric mean always struct me as an interesting idea in mathematics
- grannyg00se 16y agoCurious: how could $150k be mid six-figure? I can accept the roughly 500K or 300K meanings, but if someone told me mid six figure, and they meant roughly $150K, I'd feel like they deliberately mislead or lied about the salary. There's no way I can see a reasonable person expecting $150K when someone is referring to "mid six-figure".
- timthorn 16y agoIf the goal of a CS course is to teach how to make a well-functioning CRUD app, I despair!
- iwwr 16y agoCRUD apps are bread and butter, essential, but unhealthy foods.
- guilbep 16y agono way butter is unhealthy, I can't tell about bread though.
- Locke1689 16y agoIf the goal of a CS course is to in any way make you reliant on hardware or even physics, I despair. What use is physics when you have an infinite tape?
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoIf you're a programmer and your program relies on the premise that you have infinite storage then your program is probably not going to work too well. Presumably you're assuming zero seek time too? Wasn't that the GP's point that to make the transition from CS to programming some knowledge of physical realities of computers might be useful??
- Locke1689 16y agoProgramming isn't strictly computer science. Programming is programming. Computer science is a theoretical discipline.