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totally agree! Atlassian made some comments like "Australian universities aren't teaching devs what we need them to know" a few years back. It triggered some d
by marcus_holmes 5y ago
totally agree!
Atlassian made some comments like "Australian universities aren't teaching devs what we need them to know" a few years back. It triggered some discussion, but not nearly enough along the lines of "well maybe you should train people in what you need them to know then?"
As an industry, we're utterly crap at employing juniors, or training our staff. We expect everyone to have X years of experience and then get surprised when devs make technology choices based on what's good for their resume, not what's good for the business.
there's a full rant I have for whenever this subject comes up ;)
- dorchadas 5y agoAs someone who moved countries to do a technical masters (Theoretical Physics and Applied Maths) who has to pivot to tech (sadly doesn't seem Ireland recognizes my US teaching credentials or 5 years experience) for a while, I'd be interested to hear the rant as well as how I could better prepare for interviews, etc.
- sofixa 5y agoXavier Niel, a (self-made) French billionaire, founder/owner/president of a few tech companies, said the same thing. And as a result he founded a series of schools (called 42) to "fix" that and provide a more realistic and practical education, focusing on tools and problem solving and critical thinking and industry experience through long internships. Completely free of charge for students. As an alumni (kinda), it was awesome and IMHO has served me very well in my career.