11–20 of 176 posts
Meanwhile, most computer science jobs are not in the U.S.
It could be that my memory of hypothesis testing is outdated, but being 1 standard deviation away from the mean isn't evidence of a significant difference in skills.
1 standard deviation in mean is substantial. That means approximately that 80% of one group exceeds performance of the median of the other group.
Meanwhile, most computer science jobs are not in the U.S.
But the imperialist US university only looked at subpar universities to come up with a flattering result.
(Sarcasm might be hiding around here, somewhere, but I think one could argue whether some US university should really measure the performance of their own students. It feels somewhat biased and like adulation.)
There is a huge variation among countries in how subjects are taught and tested. I would like to add that many of my peers have resorted to streamlining for whiteboard interviews, and unsurprisingly, they end up with well-paying jobs.
> When it comes to computer science skills, U.S. students approaching graduation have a significant advantage over their peers in China, India, and Russia. So much for "world domination".
Meanwhile, most computer science jobs are not in the U.S.
On average the best paying and most technically interesting ones are.
Like making six figures a year for screwing people over at Facebook?
Sorry for being snarky, but lots of jobs in IT businesses in the US tend to be somewhat unhelpful for the society at all and not really providing any benefit in the long term.
In regard of this I'm always somewhat "happy" that we fail in Europe with building "the next Google", "the next Facebook" or whatever.
I wonder how well US students would ranked on a test written by Russian, Indian, of Chinese testing company instead of a USA testing company.
It seems reasonable to expect a test written for a specific education system (either implicitly or explicitly) will be biased against others.
On the other hand, it is not that surprising that the US is a the top. It is a pretty big country with a long tradition for high quality education and a lot of funds going into CS departments. However, I will be surprised if this is not changing towards more dominance by India and China, because both countries are focusing a lot of resources in this area.