[ggm]

I think in hindsight it would have been amazing to have senior students in the team exercises, but really what would have been even more excellent would have been industry placement. Things like not having this is why my 1982 degree failed the bar for BCS chartered engineer status.

I continue to believe the first 12-18 months after graduation are vital. I still can't believe some of the things I thought about s/w before I entered the workforce and I can't believe some of the things I got away with over the years since.

[eastbound]

I thought Quality Assurance was a thing! The more I fled it, the more I learnt the skills of programming. I think our kids will look at us and the way we thought filling forms was providing any assurance of quality, and perhaps by then it will be all LLM-no-forms.