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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by ghaff on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:36PM (#26718254)
And if I'm really honest, not to suggest the coursework (especially hands-on) didn't have value, but a huge part of what I learned was exposure to many things--including non-STEM--and various activities outside of classwork. I only use things I learned undergrad in the most general sense today.
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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by pdonis on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:42PM (#26718303)
> a huge part of what I learned was exposure to many things--including non-STEM--and various activities outside of classwork

I think these things can be found at any decent school. Or, for that matter, in many kinds of activities outside of any school.

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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by ghaff on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:07PM (#26718492)
Oh, I don't disagree. Certainly with respect to hiring, I'm usually interviewing fairly senior people in not-directly hands-on tech roles. I won't say I don't look at the schools but they don't really play a factor in my evaluation. And some of the best senior folks I know are from schools that no one's heard of.
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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by 908B64B197 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:22PM (#26718589)
That's my observation too.

At the senior level, folks have typically carved a path out for themselves. College is typically the oldest thing on their resume anyways.

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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by ghaff on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:35PM (#26718687)
Yeah, without in any way to disclaim a rather privileged background, and without every really being outside of a engineering-adjacent space, I have had a very twisty turny path. And I don't think that's at all uncommon for a lot of people with a long career.

I think a lot of people here assume a fairly linear SWE progression beginning with a CS degree but that's not the norm for a lot of people who work in the computer industry in various roles even that didn't involve wholesale career shifts.

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