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How would that be different from a CS degree? > I've interviewed people who claimed to be practicing engineers for 5+ years, and had big name companies on thei
by arp242 3y ago
How would that be different from a CS degree?
> I've interviewed people who claimed to be practicing engineers for 5+ years, and had big name companies on their resume, but became lost when asked to write a simple (no trick question) program in a language of their choice.
I've failed these tests, sometimes for code I literally exactly have on my GitHub and that I've written from scratch (effort-free).
Live coding with three random strangers staring at you just isn't the same.
- ryandrake 3y agoCS degree tells me you've been exposed to concepts at an academic level and maybe even mastered them, but it tells me nothing about hands-on programming skill or how productive you are. Kind of like an English Literature degree shows that you know a great deal about the language and have read many works but tells me nothing about whether you can write a compelling novel.