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muskrat's data eng expert's hard drive overheats while processing 60k rows (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 209 points 2 months ago

Even if querying data was processing-heavy and even if somehow the ‘hard drive’ got warm during this, then there still would need to be a hardware defect in order for the drive to overheat.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 83 points 2 months ago

Yes, but this may be a symptom of an issue I've been seeing with younger programmers; they've siloed themselves so specifically into whatever programming they "specialize" in, that they become absolutely useless at dealing with absolutely anything else related to their job. And exasperating this issue is the fact that they've grown up with systems that "just work". Windows, iOS, and android are all at the point where fucking around with hardware issues is very uncommon for the average person.

Asking this guy to solve a hardware problem is like asking hime to tune a carburetor. He likely has not the slightest clue how to start.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In my experience, a lot of software dev degree paths basically don't even have relevant classes on hardware at all. Classes on hardware are all in IT Helpdesk and Network Admin degree paths whereas the software dev students are dumped straight into Visual Studio right off the bat with no relevant understanding of the underlying hardware or OS.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago

My experience does not reflect yours. Computer Architecture, Discrete Math (logic gate math), and Operating System Concepts were all required classes in my CS degree from just a few years ago.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago

Honestly that's good to hear. I've run into some devs who are completely mystified on how to connect to a remote database and couldn't tell a socket from sandwich.