[malcolmwhy]

I graduated last may as a computer science major and realized the holes in my skills were everywhere. I found that my theory was much better than my actual ability to code. It seems that schools should teach their students one oop language for three years and then start showing them what other options are out there. I found myself in the working world convinced I knew how to code in java, c++, python and php, w/o the real skills to work in any of them.

[dagw]

Isn't this true of all degrees? I have a friend who got a MSc in financial mathematics, and she said she was quite surprised to learn that all the quant math she had studied for her degree was basically scoffed at as "academic" once she got her first job. The same is in fact basically true for just about everybody I know, no matter what the field. If you went to university expecting vocational training then you where basically doing it wrong.

[djb_hackernews]

Cool. I've been checking out Financial Math masters programs. Any info about where your friend went and how she felt about it would be appreciated!