Re:Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer
by usrbinbash on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:14PM
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> computer science is a discipline where people seem to think the education doesn't matter that much
I think when people say that education doesn't matter that much in our field; they are talking about formal education as offered in academia.
This is not to say that university education isn't valuable. But SE is unique among engineering disciplines because a) it is possible to learn everything relevant in self study and b) a lot of formal education in the area still teaches CS, when most people who attend the courses want to be engineers, not scientists.
I think when people say that education doesn't matter that much in our field; they are talking about formal education as offered in academia.
This is not to say that university education isn't valuable. But SE is unique among engineering disciplines because a) it is possible to learn everything relevant in self study and b) a lot of formal education in the area still teaches CS, when most people who attend the courses want to be engineers, not scientists.