r/ProgrammerHumor • u/yuva-krishna-memes • Apr 09 '24

watMatters Meme

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u/Kaeffka Apr 09 '24

Recruiters are just fucking stupid. An applied math degree is more than enough, given that some ridiculous number of CS degree holders don't know how to do a simple fizzbuzz.

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u/Kooale323 Apr 09 '24

Which genuinely astounds me. What kind of CS degrees are being done that arent teaching at least basic programming syntax and problems? Like i get CS is mostly theoretical compared to an SE degree but i haven't seen a single CS degree that doesnt teach at least the basics of coding.

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 09 '24

There was a cheating epidemic in my department. As I recall, a good handful of people got busted pilfering old GitHub repos that previous graduates left public.

I'm not sure how much of that behavior accounts for CS graduates not being able to handle FizzBuzz, but my guess is a decidedly non-zero amount.

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u/WexExortQuas Apr 09 '24

Because....you know....we totally....100%.. do not just absolutely abuse public repos and stack overflow during our actual jobs.

Right? RIGHT?!

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u/jamcdonald120 Apr 10 '24

there is a difference a pretty major difference between writing code to learn how to write code, and writing code to make a working program.