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Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by rswail on Saturday June 15, 2019 @04:41AM (#20188975)
This lays out the actual problem with programming "education" these days. Most people are not doing "computer science", they're doing a subject called "software engineering" when there's no actual engineering discipline involved. Programmers have "title inflation".

We would be much better off if the craft of programming was treated like other trades, requiring training and formal apprenticeships, with the necessary mentoring and signoff.

Programming is to CS as plumbing is to fluid dynamics. Knowing how to write a bubble sort is an irrelevant skill.

Knowing how to use the standard library in the environment is much more relevant.

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