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The bias comes from me. I'm the guy who got a CS degree a decade ago. I can tell you from personal experience, 100% of tech-related course material in uni fell
by parliament32 6y ago
The bias comes from me. I'm the guy who got a CS degree a decade ago. I can tell you from personal experience, 100% of tech-related course material in uni fell into one of two categories: either "I know this already" or "this will never be applicable in a real-job scenario". And I know I'm just some guy on the internet, but I went to a "good" university, and I'm director-level at a tech company you've heard of. As you say, "applying a a systematic approach to debugging, algorithms, automata" is absolutely essential in what we do, but I'm asserting you're much better at all of the above by researching, discovering, and applying it for yourself rather than memorizing textbook definitions and answering multiple choice questions.
- 908B64B197 6y agoIf the degree is memorizing textbooks and mostly multiple choice questions then I question the validity of the degree itself. Going to college forces someone to learn full time, and that's the real value. Sure you can learn on your own part time but it'll take wayy longer than dedicating a few years to the problem. So in that regard, I wouldn't advise a prospective CS student to go do something else and learn software "on the side".