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> Despite programming since high school and holding a computer science degree, it took me years to truly grasp what SQL is and what it does. ... > ... > ... The

> Despite programming since high school and holding a computer science degree, it took me years to truly grasp what SQL is and what it does. ... > ... > ... The "Ah-ha" moment for me came unexpectedly while I was setting up my local testing environment on a new PC. As I was reinstalling MySQL, it suddenly struck me: "It's just a program. SQL is just a program running on a computer..." I wouldn't be surprised to hear this from a barista turned "coder" in a 6 week bootcamp, but from a compsci graduate, Seriously? The absolute state of university education today.

kylebenzle 2y ago
Lol, you got me, it was only a minor is CS.
tacitusarc 2y ago
I went to school fifteen years ago and even then the focus was less on “computer science” and more on “software engineering”. I think, with the enormous rise in demand during the 2010s and the regression to the mean of the undergrads, many programs became almost like trade schools, more “software technician” than “engineer”. My (weak) prediction is that if the decreased money in tech continues for several more years, coupled with the advent of AI, we’ll see a shift back to more rigorous courses.