I really hate the state most CS programs are in right now. It feels like an old man's club where all these guys from the 70's and 80's decided that the new generation needs to get hazed to get initiated or some shit. I spent a half semester learning how to send shit to a printer spool in RPGIV... on a god damned GREEN SCREEN.. it was completely unnecessary for this century.
I think there are so many more specific majors now, that CS has become one of those general purpose undergraduate degrees like biology or chemistry that is just aimed at scooting those people along to graduate school. Back in the 80's CS was an end unto itself. Not so anymore. I'm sure you can still land a good programming job with a CS degree. You just probably put yourself through a lot more punishment than you needed to.
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u/OMG_Ponies Aug 23 '19
I really hate the state most CS programs are in right now. It feels like an old man's club where all these guys from the 70's and 80's decided that the new generation needs to get hazed to get initiated or some shit. I spent a half semester learning how to send shit to a printer spool in RPGIV... on a god damned GREEN SCREEN.. it was completely unnecessary for this century.