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I would tell him he is asking the wrong question. In my experience the vast majority of college classes will never have any significant value in the workplace.
by jwb119 14y ago
I would tell him he is asking the wrong question. In my experience the vast majority of college classes will never have any significant value in the workplace. Instead, I would tell him to branch out, take courses he might never think of trying, and follow a line of courses that he finds most intellectually interesting. People that are passionate and engaged tend to excel at whatever they are doing. There is plenty of free time to learn practical skills.
- catch23 14y agosome fundamentals don't change though... the college classes that will still remain useful would probably be either compilers or data structures. even some of the basic operating system stuff (filesystems/scheduling) would still be useful today. compilers are still extremely practical. I'm sure everyone has had a scenario where they had to tokenize lots of strings and turn it into something meaningful.