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This is a good way to think about the subject. Still, education at a higher level like uni is often good to get a sound understanding of a subject (more so than
by bibanez 4y ago
This is a good way to think about the subject. Still, education at a higher level like uni is often good to get a sound understanding of a subject (more so than optimizing for grades).
Also learning a new (natural) language sometimes requires hammering words or gramatic rules into memory, and having a good teacher can be much faster than learning on your own by reading texts.
- ianbutler 4y agoAs a counter point to this, anecdotally though it may be, I've never seen anyone come out of a Comp Sci program (and I've seen a lot now) who was ready to go as an engineer (sound understanding as you put it) unless they had significant practical experience through projects of their own or internships. In general: A priori knowledge only gets you to the starting line. Experience carries the rest. And you can only get that experience by doing yourself, not second hand.
- c7b 4y agoIn the context of software development, sound understanding as you'd expect from a uni arguably includes CS concepts like algorithms and data structures. I find that there is a bit of a memorization aspect to simply knowing a lot of those and their properties, advantages, ... It seems like a pretty good application area for SRS to me, really wishing I'd heard about it sooner.