Re:Coping with Copilot
by nemothekid on Saturday August 20, 2022 @07:05PM
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>Meanwhile, someone who has Stanford or Harvard on their resume is virtually guaranteed an interview.
The funny thing is though - the CS programs at Stanford or Harvard are more research based than anything and hardly teach students to code. You are forced to take maybe 1 or 2 "learn to code" courses and everything else is just math/theory or assumes you can code anyways. And that shouldn't be a surprise; it doesn't take 4 years to learn to code; there are plenty of 15 year olds who can pass leetcode style interviews. Everything else you learn is far more valuable (although it's not a given that you will get a chance to apply it).
Re:Coping with Copilot
by Aeolun on Saturday August 20, 2022 @08:57PM
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Given the month of preparation that normal candidates do? Sure. That’s basically what they do every time they have to take a test about a subject that doesn’t interest them.
The funny thing is though - the CS programs at Stanford or Harvard are more research based than anything and hardly teach students to code. You are forced to take maybe 1 or 2 "learn to code" courses and everything else is just math/theory or assumes you can code anyways. And that shouldn't be a surprise; it doesn't take 4 years to learn to code; there are plenty of 15 year olds who can pass leetcode style interviews. Everything else you learn is far more valuable (although it's not a given that you will get a chance to apply it).