crucifiction

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   by crucifiction 14y ago

   No, real world = in production for potentially a long time, iterated with customer feedback. phd/ms work = functional hacks that maybe a professor or the student ever looks at/codes against and that are eventually thrown away . except in v
2. 122.▲
   by crucifiction 14y ago

   you know what I didn't see in your reply? All of the large scale coding projects you implemented and put into production for a while. The big problem is that PhD/MS in CS is just an extension of BS, except you now have 4+ more years of bad
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   by crucifiction 14y ago

   As a hiring manager of non-specialized software developers, I take people with 4-6 years of real world coding over a phd any day. We generally hire phd's at the same level/pay as a bachelors in cs with maybe only a nominal amount more in sa
4. 124.▲
   by crucifiction 14y ago

   the rails community is not big on backwards compatibility, even within minor versions.
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   by crucifiction 14y ago

   one part not accounted for is that the wide-open internet, while slower and with more latency, is going to be pretty much 100% reliable compared to their dark fiber link between regions.