It all comes down to passion. If they love the subject then they’ll dig through the weeds to uncover the dirt. If they’re not, then it doesn’t matter what education they have, they’ll only know what they’ve been directly taught. The number of engineers I’ve interviewed who have masters degrees and barely understand the stack they work in is shocking.
It all comes down to passion. If they love the subject then they’ll dig through the weeds to uncover the dirt. If they’re not, then it doesn’t matter what education they have, they’ll only know what they’ve been directly taught. The number of engineers I’ve interviewed who have masters degrees and barely understand the stack they work in is shocking.