Re:The culture of rejection in computer science publications
by Swizec on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:31AM
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> If you're smart enough to rise, you'll get an offer from the private sector you simply cannot refuse
The average graduation time for my comp sci undergrad in the mid 2000’s in Slovenia was 7.5 years. Because most people got jobs and forgot to graduate.
Personally I dropped out when schoolwork started getting in the way of freelancing for US companies. I remember a moment when my professor said “You know if you don’t get these grades up, you’ll have a hard time finding a job” and I thought “But I already have a job … sitting here talking to you is costing me billable hours”
Don’t get me wrong, I loved studying comp sci and learned a lot. Even use that knowledge regularly. Just didn’t get the paper.
The average graduation time for my comp sci undergrad in the mid 2000’s in Slovenia was 7.5 years. Because most people got jobs and forgot to graduate.
Personally I dropped out when schoolwork started getting in the way of freelancing for US companies. I remember a moment when my professor said “You know if you don’t get these grades up, you’ll have a hard time finding a job” and I thought “But I already have a job … sitting here talking to you is costing me billable hours”
Don’t get me wrong, I loved studying comp sci and learned a lot. Even use that knowledge regularly. Just didn’t get the paper.