Re:Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest (2015)
by ReptileMan on Sunday December 11, 2022 @04:30AM
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There is a good reason for spherical cow in vacuum to exist as a concept.
I have seen brilliant people pass through CS with flying colors and they enter their first job and don't know how to debug something.
Think of it that way - a material science professor will know everything there is about welding. And yet probably for a complex weld you will call a welder. Tricks of the trade matter.
The whole point of the academy is that you can abstract a bit the whole messiness of the world so you can focus on the grander things.
I have seen brilliant people pass through CS with flying colors and they enter their first job and don't know how to debug something.
Think of it that way - a material science professor will know everything there is about welding. And yet probably for a complex weld you will call a welder. Tricks of the trade matter.
The whole point of the academy is that you can abstract a bit the whole messiness of the world so you can focus on the grander things.