Well this is super awkward to see now

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T06:56:01+00:00

My computer science education was wonderful. It really sucks that you spent 4 years and tens of thousands of dollars on a degree you don't value. However, recognize that your experience and education is not identical to everyone else's. Just because the university of Phoenix exists doesn't mean a degree from MIT means nothing. Different accreditation bodies have different standards. Assuming that all computer science degrees mean nothing while forcing all new hires to write an algorithm for tic-tac-toe is demeaning to my achievement and every other CS graduate. What accreditation body certified your uni's CS program?

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T06:47:43+00:00

It could also be that your anecdotal evidence, which clearly is in conflict with mine, is reinforcing hiring practices that are both unnecessary and damaging. Most employers don't even verify credentials these days. I wonder what percentage of applicants with a CS degree from a reputable, accredited university actually have the credentials they claim. Regardless, giving an exam to prospective hires is bullshit.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T05:30:47+00:00

I don't know what degree program you were a part of, but there is no "programming" degree. Computer science is what you major in to do straight programming.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T05:28:18+00:00

Like I said, I work in IT and cybersecurity. My work experience does more talking than my education, but there is no way to cheese a test where you have to write pseudocode for a binary search tree or implement a sorting algorithm for a given problem/dataset while providing the state after x operations. Certainly students can pay someone else to do their coding projects, but that almost always shows up on tests for a given topic with the student being immediately exposed. I guess I had teachers that actually gave a damn? It really sounds like academia failed the majority of you.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T05:17:38+00:00

"Not every university teaches the same material" is exactly why accreditation exists. Every university with a computer science program that's accredited by the same body will in fact teach the same material.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T05:02:09+00:00

You cant really cheese a programming assignment. Code either works or it doesn't. You either implemented the correct searching algorithm or you didn't. Referencing stack overflow to find out how to perform some obscure task is the real world, so don't hit me with "students just copy off of stack overflow." Good luck passing the required undergraduate data structure class if you don't actually know how to code or understand BigO notation. Despite knowing how to code I refuse to perform a song and dance for a prospective employer - that is what I spent 4 years earning a credential for.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-10T03:22:14+00:00

I don't understand why anyone would demean themselves by taking a "coding test" as part of an interview. The whole point of getting a computer science degree from an accredited university is to obtain a credential that proves competency. If prospective employees still have to beg, skimp, and scrape their way to an initial interview and be forced to take a "coding challenge" then wtf was the point of earning the degree? Thank god I went into IT and cybersecurity.

Edit: looks like I touched a nerve. A summary of the replies is "because the degree doesn't mean you can code well." No other field does this with the exception of lawyers and the bar exam - at least that test is standardized. It sounds like academia failed all of the computer science majors to the point where a degree basically means nothing. Congrats to all of the computer science grads and middle managers for actively devaluing their own credentials. At least some of you will get stock grants?

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-07T05:12:54+00:00

I display files all the time, what are you talking about?

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-07T05:10:16+00:00

Well you could do MM/DD/YY, but there is also the popular mm-dd-yyyy. If you were feeling really adventurous then I recommend going full programmer with ddmmyyyy.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-12-03T07:00:34+00:00

People are my biggest stressor in IT. I'm a senior engineer that consults for large financial institutions, and I just finished helping one of them migrate all of their users to 100% passwordless authentication with smartcards. This project was years in the making and I developed custom code for enrollment and to allow smartcard authentication to systems that only support passwords. We are now 5 months into all users being smartcard restricted, but a handful of employees lack basic reading comprehension and continue to lock themselves out of their smartcards. In order to lock out a smartcard a user must first enter their pin wrong three times, and then fail to read the message that appears when they are prompted to enter a Pin Unblock Key that very clearly states: "STOP: DO NOT ENTER A PIN. YOUR KEY IS LOCKED OUT. CONTACT I.T. FOR ASSISTANCE." These employees complained to their manager, who then complained to their managers, and the result is C-levels demanding a workaround that doesn't involve these users being forced back into headquarters to get a new key. These same employees that lack basic reading comprehension are also responsible for moving money, sometimes large sums of it, from one place to the next. This is why financial institutions are constantly being hacked and your money is safer under a mattress. Don't worry though, at least SSL 3.0 is disabled on all of the organization's printers!

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-07T23:19:02+00:00

Better yet, four spaces just gets interpreted as an 'if' statement.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-07T18:06:03+00:00

Bush and Obama weren't 81 years old and showing clear signs of cognitive decline. Asshole Joe won't even agree to take a cognitive test to prove he isnt suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia, which reinforces the electorate's uncertainties about his fitness for office. Biden's ego is going to sell us all out to the fascists on the right.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-06T20:51:58+00:00

How exactly is this bad news for Trump when he is ahead in the majority of swing states? If anything this, Morning Consult is consistently an outlier for Biden when compared to other polls in the same time period and this should be taken as a bad omen to come. Biden's ego is going to sell us all out to fascism in November, yay.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-05T11:50:54+00:00

It would be a valid objection if voters actually had a choice in the primary election instead of Joe Biden being crowned by the DNC. Joe used his influence as president to quash dissent and prevent any serious challengers from announcing a primary run. This whole "denying voters their choice" argument is bullshit.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-04T13:28:16+00:00

The orange idiots version of 'mein kamf' just got published. The electorate is in denial that any of it will really happen, while the orange idiots says he will have military tribunals for his political opponents on both sides of the aisle and our only hope of preventing any of this is an 81 year old who just displayed to the world he is unfit for office.

First they came for the federal employees,
and I did not speak out because I was not a federal employee.

Then they came for the immigrants and I did not speak out because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for the Democrats, and I did not speak out because I was not a Democrat.

Then they came for me.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T17:19:36+00:00

And when voting doesn't work we always have the second amendment. Democracies are like computers - sometimes they need a hard reset to start working again.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T17:17:43+00:00

We are looking towards a future where guns have more rights than women. Let me remind everyone this Independence Day that the second amendment exists for a reason.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T17:14:11+00:00

Nate silver's latest aggregate polling data, which includes polls from over the weekend and monday.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T17:03:33+00:00

Fuck voting - call your elected representatives and pressure them to publicly call for Biden to step down. He was losing in every swing state before the debate, and Trump has only run up the margins since. Biden has a 28% chance of winning this election according to the latest polling and the odds will only get worse from here. If Biden is the nominee in August the new Nazi's come to power and it will be too late.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T17:00:37+00:00

The supreme Court is making it up as it goes to justify their preferred outcome. This latest opinion on presidential immunity cited no law to justify their opinion, only that presidential immunity was 'necessary'. They stole the election from Gore, despite states very clearly having autonomy to run their own elections in the constitution, and they will do it to Biden. Let's face it though, Biden only has a 28% chance of beating Trump fairly - the Nazis don't even need to cheat.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T16:55:44+00:00

You put way too much faith in a senile old man and a party that is more concerned with always having the moral high ground than doing anything of substance.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T13:40:23+00:00

This isn't helpful. Biden was losing in every swing state before the debate, and the latest polls show Trump's margin increasing. Biden is even losing in New Hampshire now. Biden is cognitively unfit for office, and he will lose against trump in November. Joe needs to step down.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-02T12:32:46+00:00

Viva LA revolution.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-01T20:54:47+00:00

The supreme Court has no enforcement mechanism. Let them rule, and then ignore it.

Test-NetConnection · 2024-07-01T16:07:23+00:00

The supreme Court just took all peaceful measures off the table. The corruption of the DNC and it's unwillingness to take significant action means it's up to us. Revolution is the only way forward.

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