Too many students take computer science instead of software or computer engineering. The ‘science’ part of the courses is almost never used by students as the vast, vast majority of employers do not need scientists, they need engineers. In my job searches, I rarely see a job for a scientist, and the few I do see are highly specialized roles that aren’t looking for green college grads.
I studied a lot of machine learning, going into the math and whatnot behind it.
In reality these days, you just start some model with a single line of code and you’re set.
You have to know best practices and whatnot, sure, but I fully agree - science and engineering are two different disciplines and should be taught as such.
Too many students take computer science instead of software or computer engineering. The ‘science’ part of the courses is almost never used by students as the vast, vast majority of employers do not need scientists, they need engineers. In my job searches, I rarely see a job for a scientist, and the few I do see are highly specialized roles that aren’t looking for green college grads.
I studied a lot of machine learning, going into the math and whatnot behind it.
In reality these days, you just start some model with a single line of code and you’re set.
You have to know best practices and whatnot, sure, but I fully agree - science and engineering are two different disciplines and should be taught as such.