Published earlier this year, but still relevant.
The one and only time I took compsci at a junior college just taught the basics of Office
Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates
Submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
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Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
sobchak@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Ha, yeah, I started at a community college, for an associates in IT, and it was mostly Cisco, Visual Basic, and MS SQL. Went to a 4 years school for a BS, and it was more about logic and different programming paradigms. Then at grad school, it was mostly theoretical stuff and algorithm analysis.
pieman@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Hearing advice on how to get into software dev made me I realise really don’t have enough passion for it. And given that its hyper competitive historically speaking, decided to move the adjacent job (that being a data analyst). Enjoying it so far. Now I just use my programming skills to just make cute little projects on my laptop, and of course a little bit for the data analyst stuff but.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Always need a good DA!
Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Kinda glad I took the community college IT/infra route when I went back to school a little bit ago, but still scared for the future lol.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m glad I never took it. Been employed in the field for thirty years.
peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Laughs in AI
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
This person thinks AI is actually good. Funny
peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
sorry, I thought the /s was implied
Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Requirements for a job in Computer Science are, in order of importance, first, a demonstrated talent. Second, a demonstrated skill level. Third, demonstrated knowledge.
Just like being a top-tier pianist, all the knowledge, raining, schooling, and education in the world matters nothing if you do not first have the talent.
But you do not need talent to get into a Computer Science course, nor to graduate from one. You just need the knowledge and the marks.
That is why there are so many uneducated, untalented Computer Science graduates out there.
This is the thing the teachers and educators in Computer Science never tell you.
Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My experience has been that computer science is a huge umbrella term to normies. Many people, including hiring managers seem to thing computer science is more of a trade education where people come out knowing everything about excel, windows, PowerPoint, file conversions, obscure knowledge of ancient software, expertise in setting up enterprise printers, etc
I was developing software for a position I was in, and everyone was shocked I was a developer… (It was a devops job where everyone basically edited yaml or json files all day long…)
Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It’s the same with the term AI - everyone uses it today but very few, including most reporters in the media, really understands it or apply it properly.
Velypso@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I only have one thing to say to all the incredibly smug tech workers of the last 10-15 years.
Lol.
You know what? Lmao, even.
Velypso@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Gonna be funny to watch them pivot to service jobs and get absolutely destroyed when they dont have soft skills.
Oh man, I can not wait.
OKRainbowKid@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Why do you carry so much hate with you?
MITM0@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let me guess AI
Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
If you had spent the 30 seconds it took to write this comment to actually read the article you’d find out that AI is not even mentioned.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
However, as major companies like Amazon and Google have laid off thousands of workers to boost profits, the major has lost some of its appeal in the job market
Do you know why those two companies which the article called out very early on went through those layoffs?
…Pivoting to AI
GenoziderzKunt@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Shit what am I gonna do??
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Shut up and get me my burger.
Cocopanda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was laid off from my charger oem. Now I work at a grocery store till I find a new job. Needed the cheap insurance plus its union. This won’t last for long.