This speaks to how quickly what we're taught in school goes out of date. You were able to transition to CS, compete with same-age CS graduates, because much of what they were taught in school had become obsolete, while what you learned on the job became more and more valuable and relevant.
> ... except that the EEs liked to use 'j' instead of 'i'.
And that only because of the coincidence that 'i' refers to current in electrical equations.
It also addresses the issue that, with respect to getting useful results from a computer, one's mathematical knowledge and ability is now more important than one's knowledge of a computer's inner workings.
In other countries it's worse rather than better. China comes to mind. In Germany I'm not hearing a lot of "mind training matters" noise out of education either.
> ... except that the EEs liked to use 'j' instead of 'i'.
And that only because of the coincidence that 'i' refers to current in electrical equations.
It also addresses the issue that, with respect to getting useful results from a computer, one's mathematical knowledge and ability is now more important than one's knowledge of a computer's inner workings.