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Re:Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowle... by lmarcos on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:34AM (#35228388)
> It needs to be more like a trade school. The vast majority of jobs call for workers who can create and maintain programs that actually do things, not just theory.

Sure, but those things can be learned on the actual job. So after a few years, the CS student knows both the theory (because of uni) and the practice (because of work)... Whereas someone who only learnt the practical stuff, well, usually lacks the theoretical foundations.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowle... by hdhdhend on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:42AM (#35228446)
> Sure, but those things can be learned on the actual job. So after a few years, the CS student knows both the theory

So a CS degree is useless in industry. By the time you learn how to build things that work, you know how things work.

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