I mean - what's the point of spending 3-4 years in an Academic environment that proceeds to then test and grade students on exactly how good they are, at the time - then only to perform the whole process over again some number of years down the road, with fuzzier results?
Seems dumb to me.
I've worked with people who could likely do very well on algorithmic tasks - (of which most software projects require precisely zero) - but actually deliver something of use... not so much.
I mean - what's the point of spending 3-4 years in an Academic environment that proceeds to then test and grade students on exactly how good they are, at the time - then only to perform the whole process over again some number of years down the road, with fuzzier results?
Seems dumb to me.
I've worked with people who could likely do very well on algorithmic tasks - (of which most software projects require precisely zero) - but actually deliver something of use... not so much.