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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

it's been over 10 years and I'm still mad that our assembly professor put a bunch of "Convert value x from base 5 to base 13" type questions on the midterm

i... disagree? this seems a fine exercise, demonstrates understanding some key concepts in a minimal way.

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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

listen to stymie, stymie is truth

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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Rex-Goliath posted:

i'm glad i got a software engineering degree because it mostly focused on actually useful things like design scoping, automated testing, design patterns, architecture, etc etc. poo poo that you actually need if you're going to build something without it turning into a massive pile of poo poo (all my work products are giant piles of poo poo anyways)

this sounds really really boring though

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Poopernickel posted:

cs is a degree where you learn 12 sorting algorithms and 0 version control tools

ideally yeah

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

i too incidentally learned the newest and coolest version control software available from doing projects with classmates, don't know what i'd have done without those in-depth cvs skills. (counting down to the post from the person using rcs in school)

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Poopernickel posted:

probably get more use out of cvs than knowing how to implement heap-sort

this is not true, and i on top of that disagree with the values implied.

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

this thread reads so different depending on the cost of education, because of course if you're paying hard cash for it then you'd expect some substantial focus on employment prospects. not having paid a dime myself i very much appreciate the lack of concern for the current follies of the industry during my student years.

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Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

eschaton posted:

remember, if you’re not the customer, you’re the product

one of those where (light-weight) socialism does work though, in that being a fully realized citizen is the intended product.

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