Honestly, I started way before the whole AI/vibe coding thing. My college syllabus was stuck in the past, so I basically had to scrap everything I learned and start over on my own. It was a grind to bridge that gap to modern dev work, but that struggle is actually what got me hooked. There’s something about finally getting real engineering right that just clicked for me.
I feel that 100%. The gap between the college syllabus and actual production work is massive. It feels like you have to learn two curriculums: one for the grades and one for the actual job. Respect for the grind that 'click' moment is definitely what keeps us all going.
I learned programming with Pascal, and while it definitely wasn't all applicable to modern development work, the parallels are still there.
IT is just too fast-moving to even attempt to teach people everything they are going to need on the job, so it's more about teaching the mindset that can then be applied to whatever the field is currently up to.
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Honestly, I started way before the whole AI/vibe coding thing. My college syllabus was stuck in the past, so I basically had to scrap everything I learned and start over on my own. It was a grind to bridge that gap to modern dev work, but that struggle is actually what got me hooked. There’s something about finally getting real engineering right that just clicked for me.
I feel that 100%. The gap between the college syllabus and actual production work is massive. It feels like you have to learn two curriculums: one for the grades and one for the actual job. Respect for the grind that 'click' moment is definitely what keeps us all going.
I learned programming with Pascal, and while it definitely wasn't all applicable to modern development work, the parallels are still there.
IT is just too fast-moving to even attempt to teach people everything they are going to need on the job, so it's more about teaching the mindset that can then be applied to whatever the field is currently up to.