• kautau@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m a software engineer. There’s people on my team that went to Yale for computer science. There’s also people on my team that took a six month coding boot camp. They’re both great at their jobs.

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      1 year ago

      Specifics of software engieneering. Doesn’t work with civil engieneering, electrical engieneering and many other fields.

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        1 year ago

        I agree, I was purely agreeing with

        Many jobs societally requiring a degree could be learned on the job very quickly.

        I still think the formality of some fields is still too “can you afford it,” but that’s for another topic

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            It’s bullshit and we both know it. Don’t pretend that following an existing protocol for building bridges safely is so hard and requires education that I can’t get in 6 months.

            It’s not like engineers are allowed to do whatever they want, they have rules to follow, none of which will be told to them in university because universities are worthless.

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      Some people just can’t be trained to write code. You still need the aptitude at the end of the day.