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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by lsc on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:37AM (#19024035)
Yeah, but... CompSci college homework... really isn't that hard? I mean, with some coaching and effort, I can study enough get most of those questions even though my math abilities top out somewhere around high school trig.

I mean, they are gating some incredibly high-paying jobs. Sure, you gotta jump through some hoops to get it, but I'd argue that the coding tests are... well, they certainly aren't the hoops I find difficult.

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by EADGBE on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:11AM (#19035623)
> Yeah, but... CompSci college homework... really isn't that hard?

Don't know. To me, college CompSci material might as well be greek. But I somehow get by programming...

Now - if we want to talk about contrapuntal music composition techniques - I'm your guy.

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