[bsvalley]

Like I said - we need to stop lying to ourselves about software engineering. Reality is the complete opposite of what you're talking about. The hiring process in our field is perfectly designed for people fresh out of college. It is not relevant for experienced engineers.

It would take an experienced Software Engineer a while to get up and running on CS exercises before applying for a new job. If I were to apply for a job tomorrow, I'd have to re-learn all the CS crap I did in college 10 years ago. Why? Because for the last 10 years I built products.

They recommend (companies, blogs, etc.) to study CS and practice for at least one month, 3 hours a day, before applying to jobs. This is designed for someone who doesn't have a job or someone fresh out of college.

If you're a Web engineer and if I ask you to write a little app that would pull out data from our test API (in a few hours), it would utilize your current skills. Meaning, you wouldn't have to put extra time in studying CS. Again, if you went to college and ended up with a degree in CS, there is no reason why I'd want to test you on this stuff. What I'd love to know is if you've learned something since college!

Does it make sense?