Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowledge?

Re:Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowle... by avgDev on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:38AM (#35233177)

I mean you can only learn so much in school.

I have been developing for 5 years now and I'm always finding a new neat thing even in SQL.

Recently, had an issue with deadlocks, I learned about them in school(even did a presentation on it) but had to research how SQL handles them and how I can rectify the issue we were having. I really enjoy this part of the job. There is always something 'new' to learn, even if it existed for a while like SQL.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowle... by Damogran6 on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:15PM (#35234958)

Most of IT is a lake a mile wide and an inch deep...Sure, there's parts that you'll drown in, but you can get by with the inch deep stuff.

It's not even a Jack-of-all-Trades thing, and I hate it. You're a Git away from building your startup and you've got no idea what libraries or dependencies it has, you just logged into AWS with a credit card and ran with it.

(Not you, exactly, the 'Royal You')

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