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Everything is a tradeoff if you spend time on industry fads, you're spending less time on CS fundamentals.

Industry fads aren't useful outside of industry, so learning them should be paid for by industry. As the article argues, 20 years ago they were. Now employers are trying to push the cost of vocational training onto workers and the public.




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