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I'm happy that my article is causing some conversation, but I was NOT advocating that there is anything wrong with the nature of CS education, other than the fa
by spolsky 17y ago
I'm happy that my article is causing some conversation, but I was NOT advocating that there is anything wrong with the nature of CS education, other than the fact that it happens to be poor preparation for a career as a programmer. Anyone who got to paragraph 4 of my article would realize that I think CS degrees should stay CS degrees. That said, a lot of CS students do go straight into programming careers, so a lot of good CS programs include capstone/senior projects on a team, and they're never time-managed very well, which is what I was writing about.
- mgenzel 17y agoBut are there really all that many undergrad programs that prepare people to go straight into the associated careers? Why hold CS to a different standard? Maybe we just should have a programming school a la medical school :)
- jclee4843 17y agoSchools should have separate programs for students who want to pursue academic research and who want to work in the industry. Recently graduated with a CS degree, I found that most school courses didn't help much me to land on a job. It's really the internships (which was part of my program) I did during my school years helped me most to land on a job.