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Re:Self-Taught Engineers Often Outperform by MichaelRo on Friday July 18, 2025 @02:06AM (#44601690)
Compared to someone who's basically a zero in programming, any amount of knowledge pushes the ratio to infinity. The average CS graduate doesn't know shit because universities need volume to survive so basically once in, you are spitted out eventually. And faking projects and cheating on exams is rampant, with the complicit involvement of teaching stuff because they don't care and incentives are biased towards turning a blind eye.

So 90% of CS graduates are useless, which it why, thank God, the inflationary pressure towards programmer jobs is far lower than the droves of new arrivals would suggest.

Therefore the top 10% are 100x by default compared to the middle because the middle is really a liberal arts graduate, not a computer programmer.

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Re:Self-Taught Engineers Often Outperform by astura on Friday July 18, 2025 @08:31AM (#44603976)
> universities need volume to survive so basically once in, you are spitted out eventually.

This just isn't true, I mean, my university has a graduation rate around ~65%

People who know the least amount universities talk the the most confidently about them.

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Re:Self-Taught Engineers Often Outperform by 9rx on Friday July 18, 2025 @10:21AM (#44604930)
> People who know the least amount universities talk the the most confidently about them.

Well, duh. Nobody is going to waste their time talking about something they know well. What would be the point? They already know about it. Anywhere you find people talking about a subject, you know they have limited understanding. That's why they are talking about it — seeking more information to expand their understanding.

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