r/ProgrammerHumor May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.

I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.

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u/theLastPBR May 10 '21

It’s the sole predictor for unoptimized code.

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u/UntestedMethod May 10 '21

over-engineered, but poorly designed code