• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I am not in the US, so I cannot compare, but people here that go to college equivalent explicitly learn to code.

    When people go into computer science at University, they are decent coders and can do a lot of things out of school.

    • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      People learn to pass tests, and do computer labs. They have hands on experience in several computer languages. But that is a far cry from what is really needed.

      Probably most schools give the fundamentals regardless of country.

      Can’t tell who has talent until they try to work a lot; often the people who do not code on their own are not very good, period

      I think a student should at least do a few hours average work each week on their own projects , regardless of tech stack. It really shows after 4 years.

      it’s like night and day between those that do this as a hobby and go to school ; verses the people who pass tests and do group projects in the labs but don’t do anything outside of what is required.