Save Yourself

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1 year ago 186,320 views 0 shares

Save Yourself

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The ultimate paradox of computer science education! Take too long to graduate and you're essentially digging your own grave. While you're busy cramming for exams and perfecting your bubble sort, the industry is churning out frameworks that'll be extinct before you even update your LinkedIn profile. Nothing says "welcome to the real world" like maintaining legacy code written by people who graduated when "cloud" just meant bad weather. The longer you stay in school, the more technical debt you're inheriting from your future self. It's like watching your own execution in slow motion, one semester at a time.

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