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bee_rider on Dec 12, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fermat's Last Theorem – how it’s going

I just meant in the context of math skills, but I definitely acknowledge that it was poor phrasing on my part.

dogboat on Dec 12, 2024 [–]

On the other hand get them to try and debug code. And then you might realize the redicilous amount of unwritten lore that software engineering has. OTOH software engineering has courses but you need to work with people to get good not just read books. Like math.

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