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[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 year ago

Like... Literally any of it. I'm a software engineer and my degree didn't have anything to do with software or engineering.

I'd have to really stretch to something like "time management" or "active listening" to find any connection, lol.

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Computer Science was great dont get me wrong, but I totally agree. Comp Sci helped with some of the basics, but didnt prepare you at all on the soft skills that get you ahead, nor why task management, version control, and other such concepts are so important.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 29 points 1 year ago

I can't believe in my comp sci course they never went over git. Like cmon that's core to software development these days.

[-] catfish@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

It's a little unfair to criticise a CS course for not being a SWE course. But I agree that graduating students in CS without having covered the basic requirements in the SWE day job most of them will move into is a disservice.

I did CS (30 years ago) and things entirely missing in the syllabus back then:

  • any and all soft skills
  • version control
  • refactoring
  • testing and the value of testing
  • staging and replicated environments for raw dev, QA, live, etc
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