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Re:Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes ... by null_ptr on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @09:45PM (#7631583)
They're there because they heard they'll get a big salary they don't deserve at the end of those 4 years, not because they have any interest in the field or want to contribute anything to the world.

It's probably been like this since the dot-com era and the mediocrity has only snowballed since. The state of the software industry and the educational institutions around it is an embarrassment. If the curriculum was any good, these minimum-effort clowns would not be able to earn a degree in Computer Science.

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Re:Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes ... by m_ke on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @10:34PM (#7631755)
I really don't think that's the case. Plenty of CS majors at CUNYs have no idea how much programmers make. Most come in not knowing what to major in, end up taking an intro programming class to meet some basic requirement and end up liking it enough to continue learning it. They go through the program doing well enough to pass and hope that what they learn in class will help them get a job once they're done. None of them read hackernews, so they have no idea that living and breathing computers is prereq for becoming an employable programmer.
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Re:Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes ... by pabb on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @11:51PM (#7631984)
"None of them read hackernews, so they have no idea that living and breathing computers is prereq for becoming an employable programmer."

I know, right? I forgot that we who check HN habitually are the ones destined for developer Valhalla. Go us!

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Re:Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes ... by jaydz on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @12:50AM (#7632155)
Current CUNY CS major here. Yes, the majority of CUNY CS majors are clueless individuals who have zero business being here. However, there are many diamonds in the CUNY rough (some can be found here: http://cunytap.wordpress.com/) who love CS and programming. There's some good talent here for startups in the alley to scoop up if they cared to look.
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Re:Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes ... by BTC_BruceWillis on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @11:13AM (#7634433)
I've heard good things about TAP.
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