Grade Inflation at UC Riverside, and Institutional Pressures for Easier Grading

Re:Grade Inflation at UC Riverside, and Institutional Pressu... by hilux on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:22PM (#39376999)

In practice, in 2024, most companies want to hire programmers (and employees in general) who have done exactly this job before.

Hiring for theoretical knowledge, hiring for abstract-reasoning skills, and then training ... sounds good in marketing collateral, but only the Googles of the world can afford to do it, and even Google may be changing their tune. (Of course, R1 faculty have never looked for an industry job in their lives.)

If you don't believe me, look at some job listings.

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Re:Grade Inflation at UC Riverside, and Institutional Pressu... by ghaff on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:29PM (#39377064)

That's a pretty strong argument for people to not go to universities. But I'm not sure there's a lot of evidence that going to college is a terrible idea.

And it hasn't been my experience at all. But code camps are always an option.

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Re:Grade Inflation at UC Riverside, and Institutional Pressu... by kjkjadksj on Monday February 19, 2024 @03:53PM (#39434684)

Not necessarily. Even though these job posting seek out experience with specific libraries over general theoretical knowledge, they often still require a four year degree for reasons known only to HR.

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