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metaphor on Nov 29, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Visualizing How Developers Rate Their Own Programm...

> Even though they had CS degrees, they had vast holes in basic programming know-how...

A CS degree does not confer programming know-how...something about judging a book[1] by its cover comes to mind.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Computer_Programmin...

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