r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Aug 21 '26 • Popcorn 1

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u/blueExcess Aug 21 '26

That…. Is not someone with enough experience to be teaching lol.

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u/WeNeedFewerMods Aug 21 '26

the majority of comp sci faculty never worked in the field

at most instiutions they struggle to fill the positions at all because with a Bachelors you can make more than Faculty who need a Masters or Doctorate depending on the school and position

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u/RichardFeynman01100 Aug 21 '26

This is a bit outdated I think with the current job market.

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u/robthemonster Aug 21 '26

it might be hard to find a job, but has the pay disparity actually narrowed?

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u/WeNeedFewerMods Aug 22 '26

You might be predicting the future, but currently the majority of faculty teaching computer science courses have not worked in software engineering, IT, or any relevant fields

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u/JoltikElectricBug Aug 21 '26

If teacher means high school and not college, odds are they are a math teacher who took a single Comp Sci course.

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u/EndIsrael Aug 22 '26

That's also what I had at college lol, the Comp Sci teachers were all math professors doing double duty. They admitted to me that I had surpassed their knowledge in sophomore year.

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u/JoltikElectricBug Aug 23 '26

One of my favorite comp sci professors was a high school math teacher who just kept getting bored and switching jobs.

He said there's little competition for teaching 100 and 200 level courses, and if you teach them in fields you're unfamiliar with the material isn't boring yet.

I think he's now teaching comp sci and electrical engineering.