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I don't think that's true at all. According to this paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909426/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909

I don't think that's true at all. According to this paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909426/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909426/ The number of new medicine journal publications significantly outpaces the number of new computers science journal articles per year. Doctors are expected to keep up to date with the most recent research as part of their jobs, and they are payed to do so by going to conferences etc... I don't think the same can be said for software development.

IanCal 13y ago
Does your employer not send you to conferences and training? Any hack-days, "20% time" or whatever percentage or encouraging people to set up lunch & learn equivalent meetings?
wes-exp 13y ago
Academic CS research has practically nothing to do with professional programming. Professional programmers constantly learn new tools and technologies... for the most part these aren't academically novel. (Much to the field's detriment)
tel 13y ago
That's because medicine is much more of a science than software. Software changes like fad diets, not like surgery.