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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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