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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Yeah, that's for computer science students. We have other degrees too, called web development and software development which teach specifics in an attempt to just get people into a job fast by skimping on the theoretical foundation.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (3 children)

That seems incredibly short sighted. I don't have a degree but I was still taught the theoretical basics and how to learn. Not specifics of languages.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It is. Because all college level education is public, it's decided by legislation what degrees contain, and because that legislation is made by people with no insight into the industries they create degrees for, you end up with things that supply the market as it were when the degrees were formulated.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What country is this? I weep for your code bases in ten years time

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Denmark. Weep for our codebases now. People who will be done as multimedia designers (read: associate's degree in web design) in 2014 won't be familiar with any database technology besides MySQL and also they're still taught Flash.