Re:Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
by elihu on Friday May 05, 2017 @07:17PM
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Right. Most programming jobs aren't asking for 5+ years experience in <some language/framework/library> because they're looking for someone who knows how to balance a red-black tree, they're looking for someone who already knows all the workarounds and kludges you'll need to know to do the work they want you to do.
Learning a programming language is relatively easy. Knowing which of several libraries that offer similar features is the right one for your particular task takes time.
Re:Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
by Apocryphon on Friday May 05, 2017 @07:42PM
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And yet, most software jobs interview for CS knowledge. Maybe there should be code camps for interview CS knowledge.
"Mid-level development as a skilled trade" jobs, for example.