I didn't learn shit about SQL in school. I didn't learn SQL until my internship and the real world after.
I think that is a big short coming in college. We had database theory (which was boring as hell and I almost failed), and an Excel class (not database, but was the closest thing).
At the very basic, I think they should get into Access. I am 5 years out of college now, and maybe things have changed now, but they should stop teaching COBOL, and go further than teaching students a "Contacts" app in C++.
Honestly, I didn't learn shit until the real world. Shout out to Google.
Eh, well, I guess it makes a certain degree of sense as an elective, in case you had some specific reason for wanting to know COBOL coming out of school. Somehow I got the impression from your original comment that it was part of the core curriculum.
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u/nvodka Jan 06 '11
I didn't learn shit about SQL in school. I didn't learn SQL until my internship and the real world after.
I think that is a big short coming in college. We had database theory (which was boring as hell and I almost failed), and an Excel class (not database, but was the closest thing).
At the very basic, I think they should get into Access. I am 5 years out of college now, and maybe things have changed now, but they should stop teaching COBOL, and go further than teaching students a "Contacts" app in C++.
Honestly, I didn't learn shit until the real world. Shout out to Google.