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I feel like most of the stuff the author is complaining about is taught in computer engineering and not computer science. Computer engineering curriculums usua

I feel like most of the stuff the author is complaining about is taught in computer engineering and not computer science. Computer engineering curriculums usually focus on lower level subjects and computer science on higher level abstraction. If the author wants people with the lower level skills then they should filter resumes based on the degree. But then they will probably be missing higher level skills. In the end there is not enough time to learn everything in 4 years. If you add a new class then an old class has to be dropped or modified. I'm in integrated circuit / semiconductor design and we aren't going to even look at someone with only a computer science degree. We look at people with electrical and computer engineering degrees. Even a bachelors degree is not really enough anymore. 90% of the new grads we hire have a masters degree and there is still a ton for them to learn on the job.

tdeck 3y ago
The thing is, what the original article actually describes as "hardware knowledge" in their examples doesn't even touch on electrical engineering. At most it's stuff you'd expect to learn in an operating systems class, which many CS graduates will take. OP isn't close to asking "wtf is flip flop?" it's more like "wtf is select()?".
- lizknope 3y ago
  All of which makes me wonder how the author is interviewing people. I've been working over 25 years and interviewed at least 100 people at all levels of experience. The hardest to interview are college students because they have so little real world experience. But that doesn't really matter. If the author thinks people should have 8-bit computer experience then ask the question during the interview. If the author wants to ask about operating system topics then ask those during the interview. I've worked with some interns and new grads that didn't have the skills I thought they should. So I added those things to my list of interview questions.

tdeck 3y ago

The thing is, what the original article actually describes as "hardware knowledge" in their examples doesn't even touch on electrical engineering. At most it's stuff you'd expect to learn in an operating systems class, which many CS graduates will take. OP isn't close to asking "wtf is flip flop?" it's more like "wtf is select()?".

lizknope 3y ago
All of which makes me wonder how the author is interviewing people. I've been working over 25 years and interviewed at least 100 people at all levels of experience. The hardest to interview are college students because they have so little real world experience. But that doesn't really matter. If the author thinks people should have 8-bit computer experience then ask the question during the interview. If the author wants to ask about operating system topics then ask those during the interview. I've worked with some interns and new grads that didn't have the skills I thought they should. So I added those things to my list of interview questions.