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Re:How my company is lowering the bar to increase diversity by pessimizer on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:51PM (#11630167)
Since when did a college degree become a requirement for programming, or indicate a higher quality of programmer? I know CS graduates who have no ability to program. Half of these big companies have been started by dropouts, and the oldest ones were started when there was no such thing as a CS degree.
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Re:How my company is lowering the bar to increase diversity by acctjustforyou on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:09PM (#11630332)
The fact that a CS degree is neither necessary nor sufficient for being a good programmer does not mean it is a worthless data point.
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Re:How my company is lowering the bar to increase diversity by dclowd9901 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:41PM (#11631108)
I'd say overwhelming evidence points to the exact contrary.
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Re:How my company is lowering the bar to increase diversity by acctjustforyou on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @05:11PM (#11631852)
Sounds like you've found a great indicator of skill then - "does not have a CS degree."
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Re:How my company is lowering the bar to increase diversity by dclowd9901 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:00PM (#11633213)
More like "possession of CS degree has no bearing whatsoever on skill, so ignore it."
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