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October 29, 2019 01:10 am

Ask Slashdot: How Was the Quality of Your Academic Tech Education?

dryriver writes: In talking to people who are doing software development or other tech work, many told me that they found their tech education at university lacking in various ways. Some were taught outdated software, programming languages, methods, techniques or approaches. Others had problems with academia hostile to new ideas or creative problem solving. Some didn't get enough recognition for the coursework they did at university. Others couldn't get into top-tier universities when they were finishing high school aged 17 or 18 and got a second-rate tech education at a lower-quality academic institution as a result. So to the question: How was the quality of your tech education at university? Was the curriculum up to date? Were you taught the right things? Was academia open to new ideas and new ways of doing things? Did your education prepare you well for real life tech work in a non-academic environment?

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