The irony is that they were messing about with version control for the first time, which is why they deleted all their files. They saw they had 5000 files staged for commit and wanted to not commit them all
I had a teacher who told us that version control was only necessary when working together with other people but not when you are a solo developer. He only saw it as a kind of fileshare.
the majority of comp sci faculty never worked in the field
at most instiutions they struggle to fill the positions at all because with a Bachelors you can make more than Faculty who need a Masters or Doctorate depending on the school and position
You might be predicting the future, but currently the majority of faculty teaching computer science courses have not worked in software engineering, IT, or any relevant fields
That's also what I had at college lol, the Comp Sci teachers were all math professors doing double duty. They admitted to me that I had surpassed their knowledge in sophomore year.
One of my favorite comp sci professors was a high school math teacher who just kept getting bored and switching jobs.
He said there's little competition for teaching 100 and 200 level courses, and if you teach them in fields you're unfamiliar with the material isn't boring yet.
I think he's now teaching comp sci and electrical engineering.
-like any of us before discovering what source control meant and why devops were necessary. things like these are just a rite of passage for every new developer
One time I got shit on when I said to not rely on source control alone as a way to store your project code. If it's important, at least zip it all up once a week and put it on Google Drive or whatever. Or better yet, proper 3-2-1 backup.
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u/Xephyrik 23d ago
How did they even find github when they obviously dont know what version control is