Ask HN: Which school produces the best programmers or software engineers? This may well be entirely anecdotal because I don't think there is any official data to this somewhat ambiguous question. But based on your experience, if you have worked with quite a few number of programmers and engineers from a few schools, which school tends to produce the most well rounded programmers/engineers (as much as a school can train someone out of the box)? |
Sorry if it's half a joke, because of course it's not a school per se, but that's the best source for me of great programmers I've seen in my 30+ years dev hiring experience (usually as CTO).
Define a relative metric for comparison
Programmer's Competency Matrix: https://cuamckuu.github.io/index.html
Coding Interview University: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
Coding Guidelines: https://awesome-safety-critical.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#co...
Predict software quality and/or career success
Predict applied ML/AI failure due to insufficient Data Science fundamentals
By well-rounded do you mean the ACM Computer Science Curriculum; or a strong liberal arts program which emphasizes critical thinking and effective communication; or Emotional Intelligence, Servant Leadership, and Project Management?
InfoSec; Computer Security > Careers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security#Careers
The NIST NICE Framework describes Categories (7), Specialty Areas (33), Work Roles (52) and Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities which are in demand in cybersecurity: https://niccs.cisa.gov/workforce-development/nice-framework
You and/or a good program can help you find projects and jobs where you can learn and demonstrate application of KSA's (before you present a certificate for your first job and finally begin your career in lifelong learning). A good program teaches you how to learn; study skills, personal people skills, computer skills.
Is managing a team of engineers engineering, and will they still let me do engineering if I do management (which none of us have taken a course in)?
Which programs have QIS Quantum Information Science in their cirricula as more than a paragraph and a quiz question?
DevSecOps > DevSecOps, shifting security left: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps
Forget it. Very hard to attend to. Also, if you did screw up once - they will never forget.
I tried 2nd life - even several times after beating it. But it's the same gurky murky as real Life is