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by serge2k 3678 days ago
> I think there's a strong argument to make that university programs are too focused on theory

What would you see dropped and replaced?

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Dropped: I don't know.

Replaced: At least one class where they have to deal with a decade-old million-line-plus code base, and get to experience first-hand the consequences of decisions that seemed like a good idea (or "the right way to do it") when the code was written. Nothing punctures "too much theory" like a hard dose of the real world.