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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by yulaow on Monday May 29, 2017 @09:46PM (#14442561)
People have no idea how many times in a interview (especially with big corps) I end up talking with a PM and he tells me "Yeah, I started here already as Project Architect after my cs degree. I really don't like coding or anything related so I never do it, I focus on architecture and guide the others".

And then I mentally run away.

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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by flukus on Monday May 29, 2017 @10:46PM (#14442745)
This is a fantastic was to end up with a code base 15 layers deep with each layer converting the properties of one object to properties on another object. It sure looks pretty in architecture diagrams though.
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by 0xfeba on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @10:09AM (#14445456)
Sounds like the "n-tiered" .NET MVC code I work with that just has "n-tiers" over stored procedure calls.
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by RugnirViking on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @12:24PM (#14446412)
Very familiar with me also, but with by far the largest tier being the javascript right at the front end
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by tsukikage on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:20AM (#14443946)
As in code, so in organisations: somewhere in the stack some entity must actually do some work, or the whole will not function.
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by panda88888 on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @11:51AM (#14446161)
Divide and conquer, or in this case, divide and delegate. Recourse until the call reaches the base case with no authority to delegate, then the work will be performed and returned.
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by lacampbell on Monday May 29, 2017 @10:58PM (#14442783)
What companies let fresh CS grads start as Project Architect?!
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by UK-AL on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @06:00AM (#14444109)
They normally start as a project analyst, product management assistant etc
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @10:23AM (#14445572)
What company has product management people work on architecture? Usually they focus on what the product should do, not how it should do it.
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Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating by JustFYI on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:06AM (#14443637)
It doesn't matter even for smaller corporations: if you can bill the PMs work from customer, he's just as qualified as the guy with top grades from top university.
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