> Did you ever notice that after git became popular that colleges started to teach CS students to use version control? Ever think about why that might be? Beca

> Did you ever notice that after git became popular that colleges started to teach CS students to use version control? Ever think about why that might be? Because schools have recognized the need to teach some pragmatic tools in addition to pure theory? I had a "tools" class in undergrad 15 years ago. Learned shell, perl, pcre regexes, make, cvs, subversion, etc. They created the class due to the perception of new-grads being unable to use real-world tools to do real work. Since then, many schools have adopted a similar approach: either a dedicated class or treating many classes as "project"-style classes that use real-world toolsets and SDLCs.