> 500 hours taken consecutively can hardly be compared to 500 hours spent over multiple years 500 consecutive hours should be far superior because the time is

> 500 hours taken consecutively can hardly be compared to 500 hours spent over multiple years 500 consecutive hours should be far superior because the time is focused and with fewer distractions. training people in a professional 9-5 corporate environment as opposed to the adult daycare resort environment of universities would probably lead to better outcomes as well. very little of what you learn in comp sci is relevant to your job as a new grad. for software engineering a comp sci new grad still needs years of mentorship, supervision and on the job training in order to perform at a senior level in whatever specialty they end up working in. because software engineering is so highly specialized pretty much everything you need to know for a particular job must be learned on the job. the only thing a comp sci degree really shows is that a person has interest in the field and is capable of learning, but there are much better ways to figure that out than requiring degrees.