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The thing is, the big money isn't in being a highly skilled theoretical computer scientist who is a technical expert. The big money is in being someone who is a
by imtringued 3y ago
The thing is, the big money isn't in being a highly skilled theoretical computer scientist who is a technical expert. The big money is in being someone who is able to execute an idea that he came up based on his knowledge in another area of expertise that is completely orthogonal to his technical skills.
- ghaff 3y agoSure but at that point, someone is experienced and it becomes harder and harder to draw a line from their educational credentials to knowledge and abilities they've picked up over 10+ years of experience.
- scarface_74 3y agoI posit that you can’t tell the difference between a mid level developer with 3-4 years of experience whether they learned on the job or from college or through a boot camp. If their company has a good mentorship program. And on the other hand if they did go to a good college and ended up at a company without good practices, they will probably end up being “expert beginners”. Also, I would be very hesitant to hire a software developer who only got experience at BigTech at a startup. They usually don’t have the breadth of experience that you need at an early startup.