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Experience with version X of software package Y is only relevant for a fleeting amount of time. Universities can and should teach software development fundament
by throwawayboise 6y ago
Experience with version X of software package Y is only relevant for a fleeting amount of time. Universities can and should teach software development fundamentals, not experience with specific versions of things.
- GNU_James 6y agoPlot twist : it's not an IT faculty. I know how to code, Professors don't. I don't get paid enough to fix decades of errors. They had some smart people who created the code and they were smart enough to leave as soon as they got their degrees.
- throwawayboise 6y agoI've experienced that, even with IT faculty. For the most part, faculty don't code. They are too busy with teaching, research, and all the overhead and university politics that goes with it. Their students code, and the stuff they develop hangs around forever because it's in a publication and might be cited, but there's no funding to maintain it after the research grant ends. You're absolutely right about that.
- nwallin 6y agoExperience with the problem of "version X of software package Y is deprecated, we need to upgrade to version Z instead" is a skill that will always be relevant. For everyone who uses computers, not just computer scientists. The fact that universities are apparently incapable of learning such a basic life skill is terrifying. It's akin to an auto mechanic who doesn't know how to perform an oil change.