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Don't these guys realize that even out in the real world there are large numbers of programmers who aren't computer scientists. They have code running in produc
by akilism 13y ago
Don't these guys realize that even out in the real world there are large numbers of programmers who aren't computer scientists. They have code running in production as we sit here and debate the merits of teaching children what will become an essential skill in the future. I work with people who will never need to recall from memory how to write a quicksort yet they've been collecting paychecks as developers for years. I can never understand the backlash against teaching people something. Aren't we all for abstraction and encapsulation? You don't hear doctors complaining that people are learning how to eat healthy but not learning how all their internal organs work.
- bitwize 13y agoThere are large numbers of practicing (mechanical, electrical, etc.) engineers who aren't physicists. But you have to be up on your physics in order to work as an engineer.
- analog31 13y agoIn my observation, engineers tend to forget their math and physics pretty quickly after getting out of school. Many are proud of it. Most of the work of an entry level engineer is CAD, troubleshooting, and bureaucracy.
- GFischer 13y agoI was going to say the same. Most of the engineers I know don't use any skills they learned at university, much less physics. It's probably a misallocation of resources, using the engineering degree as a filtering mechanism. Quite a few are drafted for management (especially of industrial plants, etc)