I'm amazed how much criticism of academic CS education is just that it doesn't have much to do with what we do day-to-day. Many people never get the chance to do anything but what they do day-to-day. My CS education was an opportunity.
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The problem is that people think studying CS will turn them into a software engineer. Whilst it's important, I think it has to be a separate major. On the other hand, I wish I studied theoretical CS and math because I want to do less eng and more lang design & algo stuff.
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Yes! The last bit describes exactly what I wanted to learn from my CS course, but instead I got outdated software engineering, hence I dropped out. Have had to learn the lang design & type theory stuff in industry and my spare time - which works but it's got its own challenges.
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That's what I'm doing now and kinda dreaming about contributing to Rust
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What stops you from contributing today? We have tons of tasks on all levels at hand and most people learn on the job?
I'd be happy to find a mentor if wanted.
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I don't have the time right now because of the game and graphics projects, but when it's calmer, I'm going to look into simpler tasks. Also,I just don't think I have enough knowledge for language design itself,so I'd like to learn more theory first to even be able to participate
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But I'm really interested in compilers and that's something I'd be able to work with with my current levels of knowledge, so that's what I'll look into first.
Also, thanks a lot :) ❤️ I appreciate it a ton and will consider it
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If you're interested in chatting about compilers and stuff, this is something I'm learning about as well. Always happy to chat about it and point to places to learn. Although on something as big as Rust lots of the challenges are probably more engineering focused.
Kind of depends on what you're interested in. If it's programming languages themselves, then paradoxically Rust might not be the best place to start. If you're focus is that want to help on Rust, then I'd recommend jumping in when you have the chance.
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To clarify, I'm saying you can probably learn the theory whenever you want. Before, or while contributing to Rust. It's super interesting, beautiful, and I love it. Would recommend 👍 ☺️