Hacker News

1927 readers

444 users here now

Posts from the RSS Feed of HackerNews.

The feed sometimes contains ads and posts that have been removed by the mod team at HN.

founded 9 months ago

MODERATORS

patrick@lemmy.bestiver.se

rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se

242

Computer science has one of the highest unemployment rates (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 month ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

93 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

To be programming when your in highschool, yes. If you're not programming already in highschool, you probably shouldn't study computer science

...or just expect to take an internship or do Foss work for a few years after you graduate, to catch up with your peers

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you're not programming already in highschool, you probably shouldn't study computer science

Lol, then what about these people with jobs after attending boot camps? They’re all there for their talent and experience?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Boot camps and certs are scams

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Professional training courses and certifications: all scams.

Expecting people to do unpaid spec work when they’re 16: not scams.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Expecting people to contribute to FOSS software to get a job, def

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Not only is this an out of touch and irresponsible expectation to put on high school kids, but if FOSS was nothing but a box ticking exercise for unpaid child labour, then the proportion of abandoned and unfinished projects would be worse than it is for Netflix Originals.

load more comments (1 replies)