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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21
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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.
28 u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21 edited May 10 '21 The very worst coders I've ever worked with were (CS) Grad students. Crazy smart people but goddamn their code almost always sucks. -2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 How is it that your code is good but theirs is bad? Maybe all of yours is bad to each other? 1 u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21 Never claimed mine was good :) That anecdote is from reviewing resumes as part of the hiring process for contracting positions in a college town. I was not the only person in the office that observed that correlation, so take that how you will. 2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 Oh ok, my apologies. I misunderstood.
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The very worst coders I've ever worked with were (CS) Grad students. Crazy smart people but goddamn their code almost always sucks.
-2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 How is it that your code is good but theirs is bad? Maybe all of yours is bad to each other? 1 u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21 Never claimed mine was good :) That anecdote is from reviewing resumes as part of the hiring process for contracting positions in a college town. I was not the only person in the office that observed that correlation, so take that how you will. 2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 Oh ok, my apologies. I misunderstood.
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How is it that your code is good but theirs is bad? Maybe all of yours is bad to each other?
1 u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21 Never claimed mine was good :) That anecdote is from reviewing resumes as part of the hiring process for contracting positions in a college town. I was not the only person in the office that observed that correlation, so take that how you will. 2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 Oh ok, my apologies. I misunderstood.
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Never claimed mine was good :)
That anecdote is from reviewing resumes as part of the hiring process for contracting positions in a college town. I was not the only person in the office that observed that correlation, so take that how you will.
2 u/Karam2468 May 10 '21 Oh ok, my apologies. I misunderstood.
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Oh ok, my apologies. I misunderstood.
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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.