Re:Learning to program is getting harder
by pm90 on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:53PM
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I think you would be familiar with what it takes to become a doctor v/s a software engineer, education wise, but let me reiterate:
For a doctor:
1. 4-5 years Bachelors degree
2. A Masters Degree (at least 2 years)
3. Residency (at least 2 years? And this is working weird shift at hospitals and whatnot)
For a SE:
Degrees are optional. Perhaps a Bachelors.
So if you require the same amount of rigor from SE's, that's probably gonna scare off many who don't want to spend the better part of their youth buried in books.
And since there is such a huge demand for SE's who don't need to know OS fundamentals, there is no push for having more rigor in the curriculum.
Maybe I'm being too pessimistic. I would certainly like there to be more generalists. But that would require the same kind of attention to credentials that doctors are put through. And I think a vast majority of current engineers are opposed to more formal education.
For a doctor: 1. 4-5 years Bachelors degree 2. A Masters Degree (at least 2 years) 3. Residency (at least 2 years? And this is working weird shift at hospitals and whatnot)
For a SE: Degrees are optional. Perhaps a Bachelors.
So if you require the same amount of rigor from SE's, that's probably gonna scare off many who don't want to spend the better part of their youth buried in books.
And since there is such a huge demand for SE's who don't need to know OS fundamentals, there is no push for having more rigor in the curriculum.
Maybe I'm being too pessimistic. I would certainly like there to be more generalists. But that would require the same kind of attention to credentials that doctors are put through. And I think a vast majority of current engineers are opposed to more formal education.