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Computer Science 10w

What skills/topics should every cs graduate know before applying to jobs? I’m an incoming sophomore cs major trying to have an awesome resume but still feels very behind on “duh” stuff that other ppl know.

Anonymous 10w

How to use git. Make/pull branches, git commits, push/pull/rebase. It’s taught at my school and according to people in this community rarely anywhere else.

Anonymous 10w

commenting cuz i’m in the same boat but a year older lol

Anonymous 9w

I recently started a SRE role at a large techish company (not exactly a tech company but hires lots of SWEs) so I might be biased from that experience. But adding on to #2, knowing how to navigate a Linux terminal. You don’t need to be a wizard but you should (at the very least) know the basics. If you can, you should also definitely take some classes on OS and computer networking. Knowledge of those subjects (especially networking) tends to be highly applicable in anything that touches the

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#2 10w

Thanks a lot! Will definitely look into all that

Anonymous

#3 9w

Internet or cloud. I also just tend to think knowing these subjects really well tends to make you a stronger engineer even if you’re not using them in your day to day. That’s just my two cents and your mileage may vary.