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The biggest question that isn't being asked, "why is a university incapable of training a competent programmer in four years?" I'm quite sure I could take my c
by eudamoniac 11mo ago
The biggest question that isn't being asked, "why is a university incapable of training a competent programmer in four years?"
I'm quite sure I could take my cousin who has never heard the word HTML and get her to be a better programmer than the average CS graduate within 4 years of tutelage. Why is this the case? Four years is a very long time, and the universities are wasting that time. I'm certain any driven individual would end up a mid-level candidate if they skipped college and instead trained themselves for that time, especially if they hire a senior tutor for far less than the cost of the college tuition.
- mancerayder 11mo agoIt's been a while, but one of the reasons I avoided getting a CS degree a few decades ago was because it was basically mathematics. To this day, interviews are the only thing this would have benefited thanks to Leetcode.
- skizm 11mo agoI think the simple answer is you can't do this with most people. Bootcamps have tried for a while and mostly failed.
- eudamoniac 11mo agoAre there four year bootcamps? Bootcamps also have much less stringent entry requirements. A student who is capable of meritoriously enrolling in a decent school e.g. Duke is, I think, capable of being an above average industry programmer in four years of instruction. It's something wrong with the instruction.
- dmurvihill 11mo agoFrankly, I think Universities are still turning out great programmers. The problem is industry doesn't want good programmers and doesn't promote them.