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Ask HN: Which school produces the best programmers or software engineers?

1 pointsby curious16over 1 year ago
This may well be entirely anecdotal because I don&#x27;t think there is any official data to this somewhat ambiguous question.<p>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&#x2F;engineers (as much as a school can train someone out of the box)?

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philprxover 1 year ago
School of self learning with open source.<p>Sorry if it&#x27;s half a joke, because of course it&#x27;s not a school per se, but that&#x27;s the best source for me of great programmers I&#x27;ve seen in my 30+ years dev hiring experience (usually as CTO).
westurnerover 1 year ago
Which programs offer Formal Methods and TLA+?<p>Define a relative metric for comparison<p>Programmer&#x27;s Competency Matrix: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cuamckuu.github.io&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cuamckuu.github.io&#x2F;index.html</a><p>Coding Interview University: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jwasham&#x2F;coding-interview-university">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;jwasham&#x2F;coding-interview-university</a><p>Coding Guidelines: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;awesome-safety-critical.readthedocs.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;#coding-guidelines" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;awesome-safety-critical.readthedocs.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;#co...</a><p>Predict software quality and&#x2F;or career success<p>Predict applied ML&#x2F;AI failure due to insufficient Data Science fundamentals<p>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?<p>InfoSec; Computer Security &gt; Careers: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Computer_security#Careers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Computer_security#Careers</a><p>The NIST NICE Framework describes Categories (7), Specialty Areas (33), Work Roles (52) and Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities which are in demand in cybersecurity: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;niccs.cisa.gov&#x2F;workforce-development&#x2F;nice-framework" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;niccs.cisa.gov&#x2F;workforce-development&#x2F;nice-framework</a><p>You and&#x2F;or a good program can help you find projects and jobs where you can learn and demonstrate application of KSA&#x27;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.<p>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)?<p>Which programs have QIS Quantum Information Science in their cirricula as more than a paragraph and a quiz question?<p>DevSecOps &gt; DevSecOps, shifting security left: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;DevOps" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;DevOps</a>
theGeatZhopaover 1 year ago
You mean, the school of life?<p>Forget it. Very hard to attend to. Also, if you did screw up once - they will never forget.<p>I tried 2nd life - even several times after beating it. But it&#x27;s the same gurky murky as real Life is