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What are the skills that 'a going to be graduate'student should learn?

by theSealedTanker on 11/4/18, 1:27 AM with 3 comments

I am going to graduate in 2020. Right now, I want to develop those skills that 'have to be developed' or the skills that 'make a graduate stand out from the rest'.

  • by cimmanom on 11/4/18, 4:31 PM

    Collaboration.

    How to read and work within an existing codebase. Especially a large one with its own patterns.

    Version control. Collaborating via version control.

    Automated testing.

    Code review.

    Software development process.

    How to learn things and find answers to questions and solutions to code problems without having them spoon-fed in a lecture or a book.

    To get experience in these topics, internships and participation in major open source projects can help n

  • by gamechangr on 11/4/18, 1:38 AM

    It's kind of sad that someone can make a profile 15 minutes ago and start polling HN.

    Mod's - there should be a low limit to points - like 100 karma points before you can add questions.

    Just a thought.