I used to work out of a space provided to my employer by a university, as part of their startup accelerator program
It was on-campus and there were students also in that space, so during lunch and breaks I got to know many of them
In my experience, students about to graduate from the CS program had near-zero tangible skills and lacked the ability to build basic applications, in any language.
This was in the USA, FWIW. I think our CS programs are pretty trash at most universities.
One of my current coworkers applied after graduating and failed the interview and was only able to pass after paying thousands to attend a coding bootcamp.
The fact is that most CS graduates go and work in industry when they're finished. Having some basic knowledge on how to deliver and architect software projects would come in really handy considering that's what they'll be doing as they've graduated.
Yeah, but that's the shit I can teach them easily on the job. I'd rather their degree teach them the answers to the "why" kinds of questions. It's more onerous for me to schedule someone to shadow them and answer those.
Wow, that's somehow sad : - |