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Re:Why Many Computer Science Programs Are Stagnating by blahblah3 on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:39PM (#9832214)
I always feel like I'm in a tiny minority when reading people talk about the practical irrelevance of cs coursework at universities. I loved learning the theoretical aspects of cs, discrete math and algorithms, compilers, using haskell, proving stuff...

But I think I would be a bad to mediocre programmer in the real world (ended up doing something different)

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Re:Why Many Computer Science Programs Are Stagnating by BadassFractal on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:43PM (#9832227)
All of that stuff is very useful, but you don't need to be in school to learn it. Dipping into the theory doesn't suddenly stop once you get out of school, in fact it should accelerate.
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Re:Why Many Computer Science Programs Are Stagnating by rifung on Saturday July 04, 2015 @09:58PM (#9832252)
Maybe my experience is unusual but I've found the opposite to be true. Since leaving school I have very rarely had to use theory or refer back to it. I still learn more but that's only because I find it interesting and I only do it in my spare time.
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