Re:I don't know how CPUs work so I simulated one in code
by Klathmon on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @09:21AM
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Can we try to stop this gatekeeping and putting down some jobs as if they are "menial".
A lot of the webdev work I've done has been significantly more challenging and technically difficult than most of the C work I've done. That's not to say C is "easier", it's not, but it is different.
I've seen shitty devs in all areas, and I've worked menial jobs both in webdev and at the embedded C level (I had to write C code to display a custom font on a shitty LED display, that was easily the most boring job I've ever done).
Re:I don't know how CPUs work so I simulated one in code
by vectorEQ on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:47AM
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i don't do web stuff because it's horrible frustrating and difficult. C is nice, i love it as it matches the pc platform and you can debug it normally etc. A lot of people like to hate on 'frontent developers' or 'full stack javascript developers' or w/e but you are right. whatever floats your boat will be 'better' and 'more logical' than whatever sinks your ship. for me thank sinking is caused by scipring and CSS. for others that might be C.
I do feel the same. A lot of "computer science" degrees are in fact just basic programming ones, and that often goes to masters, and rare cases PhD level degrees.
It is a common critic from industry that "computer science does not teach how to code," and I see too many universities seemingly taking it these days.
It is ironic how once computing science was once a road to unemployability and coding was all rife, but now companies don't want to hire people without degrees to do menial jobs like webdev.