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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by ls15 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:32AM (#31820605)
CS != coding, but CS combined with coding practice is an excellent basis. Now, how many of those graduates that managed to work in a software development job afterwards can still not code a couple of years later?
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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by gus75 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:41AM (#31821316)
I did quite a bit of recruiting for a software team in a large company. I can tell you that years of experience do not guarantee good quality code.
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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by hackyhacky on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:49AM (#31820776)
I never claimed that CS == coding, nor did I claim that CS graduates can't learn to code. All that I said is that a CS degree alone is not a sufficient substitute for screening, in counter to the grandparent comment.
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