Heard someone say that because CompSci degrees focus on theory and concepts rather than marketable skills, graduates enter the workforce and are frustrated because they have to learn on their own.
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Heard someone say that because CompSci degrees focus on theory and concepts rather than marketable skills, graduates enter the workforce and are frustrated because they have to learn on their own.
But… that’s the point of a degree program? Learn foundations so you can self-teach skills or have better outcomes from skills training
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Heard someone say that because CompSci degrees focus on theory and concepts rather than marketable skills, graduates enter the workforce and are frustrated because they have to learn on their own.
But… that’s the point of a degree program? Learn foundations so you can self-teach skills or have better outcomes from skills training
Maybe because I didn’t go the degree route, I’m missing something. But “oh no, you graduate and have to still learn things!” seems like such a weird take.
Vocational training exists, if we just want to learn specific skills. You go to college for something different than that.
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Maybe because I didn’t go the degree route, I’m missing something. But “oh no, you graduate and have to still learn things!” seems like such a weird take.
Vocational training exists, if we just want to learn specific skills. You go to college for something different than that.
@calcifer My degree didn't teach me any of the concrete facts I need day to day (they are subject to change).
Instead it focused on how to research those bits and string them together on the fly.
Had it focused on the what instead of the how, it'd have been obsolete five minutes out the door.
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@calcifer My degree didn't teach me any of the concrete facts I need day to day (they are subject to change).
Instead it focused on how to research those bits and string them together on the fly.
Had it focused on the what instead of the how, it'd have been obsolete five minutes out the door.
@squishymage42 exactly! The whole approach of college-style education is to teach fundamentals and create a person who has the base ability to effectively learn to practice within their chosen field. This is a good thing, even if it’s definitely not the only path.
It’s weird to think that path is broken because it’s not another path.
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@squishymage42 exactly! The whole approach of college-style education is to teach fundamentals and create a person who has the base ability to effectively learn to practice within their chosen field. This is a good thing, even if it’s definitely not the only path.
It’s weird to think that path is broken because it’s not another path.
@calcifer And like, with languages and techniques in vogue for different compsci disciplines differing so much, you definitely gotta design that program more to produce the adaptability than necessarily every graduate being a master of C++ or something.
(CompSci is not my field so this description is colored by that level of understanding. Linguistics and Law are more my bag)
