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| From | Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught |
| Date | 2015-04-13 21:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <cp2qgcFoaneU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mgbrqg$1bt$1@solani.org> <cou88rFp4s8U1@mid.individual.net> <science-20150413232009@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:21:26 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote: > Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> writes: >>I have a computer science degree. You don't really learn that much, and >>what you do learn becomes obsolete quite quickly. > > What one learns in computer science does not become obsolete quickly: > > - mathematical and physical foundations - grammars, LR(k), ... > - automata (deterministic/nondet.), > - formal languages - computability - the lambda calculus and > Turing machines - undecidability - complexity, P, NP, > - parsing - semantics (e.g., denotational semantics) > - ... > > It becomes obsolete quickly when teachers confuse computer science > with vocational training for specific products (like Java or SQL). Exactly. SWMBO has a little thing she uses to explain the difference between education and training: "Would you rather your son/daughter went to school and had: a) sex education b) sex training? " -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-04-11 19:14 +0000
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-04-12 13:48 +1000
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-13 21:24 +0000
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2015-04-14 00:05 +0200
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de> - 2015-04-13 21:32 +0200
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-13 21:44 -0400
Re: Stack Overflow survey reveals over half of developers are self-taught Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-14 09:35 +0100
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