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Fair disclosure that I studied EE so have second hand insight into what a CS education entails, but my thoughts on the oversight that you noted are that it may
by eternalban 6y ago
Fair disclosure that I studied EE so have second hand insight into what a CS education entails, but my thoughts on the oversight that you noted are that it may be too much to expect that level of knowledge sharing in a 4 year undergrad education. I am reminded of internship and post-doc of physicians working in a hospital. I’m sure you are aware of the prevalent mindset (from blogosphere to actual working environments) that heavily discount the value of experience in a software engineer.
What are your thoughts on that?
- phkamp 6y agoI think it is tricky. The claimed "time ~ experience" correlation certainly exists, and in a long established discipline, like plumbing, experience is almost unquestionably a virtue. In a young discipline, such as computers, there is a very concrete risk of confusing experience with not-moving-with-the-times, certainly on the party claiming experience. So it is probably very much a case-by-case judgement call ?
- eternalban 6y agoI think we're on the same page. I consider the state of affairs to be pre-industrial / arts & crafts, at best. The atelier approach did wonders for the arts in the Renaissance. I suppose F/OSS to some mild extent provides some of the same benefits.