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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by zo1 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:41AM (#16400096)
We recently got a junior-dev straight out of finishing his CS degree. And he didn't know you could "extend" your desktop and show different things on each side by plugging in a monitor. When quizzed, he told me he's "always just had a laptop", and never a monitor next to it I assume. He was then equally perplexed by the resolution and corresponding font-size change that occurred on the monitor because it could now run its own native resolution rather than what the laptop screen was forcing it to mirror.

It was quite eye-opening to see that.

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Re:Learning to program is getting harder by Hextinium on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:29AM (#16411775)
I think there is something to be said for what classes don't teach you. You can ace a test but have very little practically knowledge if you don't work with stuff outside of class. I honestly think that you learn 10-50x more in practical knowledge from the organizations that you can join in college than the classes themselves.
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