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@Duplexchipmunk Outdated college courses.
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@DuplexChipmunk Simple, you learn from someone that hasn't leant anything for 10 years.
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@nblackburn exactly. That's why code bootcamps have taken off, because they teach hireable content. CS programs provide invaluable knowledge, but you don't need to understand base64 to write good html.
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@kevbost The only issue with that is the topics can be skipped creating logic gaps.
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@Duplexchipmunk Simple. Just pay $40,000k a year.
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In 2013. I was working as a part timer and tutoring at college while doing my master in IT. The subject was web development 101. The prof taught them to use TABLES. tables everywhere.. I ditched his outline and taught them proper development as if they were doing proper client jobs. It's worth mentioning that even after the course was over, students kept coming back to me fo consultation and to ask questions about their personal projects.
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@mohamedghr I was looking at classes today at a local collage and noticed their intermediate html class still teaches tables. I hate our education system
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@sylar182 yeah.. I can imagine. I had friends in master classes who wouldn't know how to write a line of code.. they have a master degree in IT ..
Spent 6 hours today trying to figure out why the CSS got all jacked up on a site right before launch.
Turns out, the new college grad who went to school for front end development doesn't know how to specify elements at all.
They made all their edits using the broadest selectors possible, sometimes at the tag level.
Having never looked at the site or mock-ups I had no idea what it was supposed to look like so I spent a lot of time waiting for people to tell me whether things were fixed, and telling what else was broke.
Good thing their college degree means they make 20% more than me.
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