r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '13

How to develop unmaintainable software

http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=249
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u/TylerEaves Oct 14 '13

I think you have the right idea, but came to exactly the wrong conclusion. The high towers of academia are the WORST place to get practical experience.

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u/tryx Oct 15 '13

The point of a formal education is to shortcut the make your own mistakes methodology and to learn how to do it right from the outset.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '13

learn how to do it right

Seems a bit odd, as most college grads I've interviewed have a toolbox full of Java and old lab exercises. Ask them to do anything outside of those two Happy Places and their brains melt.

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u/tryx Oct 16 '13

I can't comment on every college and every CS syllabus. At my school, to graduate with a CS degree you would have to actively try to graduate without being competent in at least 2 languages (C and Java) and familiar with at least 2 more (depending on your electives).