• R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s crazy that someone can go through college for comp sci and never touch things like VSC or PuTTY until they’re in the workforce.

    Meanwhile a programming boot camp or IT Security Analyst boot camp will have you digging into the tools of the trade immediately.

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      11 months ago

      Heh yeah. Lots of fresh grads don’t even really know anything about application development. Like they have a handful of sorting algorithms memorised and can explain what a compiler does (and are thinking about writing one some day) but can’t actually build anything.

      Often, they can pick it up quickly, whatever the “it” is… But it doesn’t give them that much of a head start compared to someone who did a shorter program or self-taught.

      I’ve never used PuTTY either, tbh… Is that just what Windows users use for SSH stuff?

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        11 months ago

        Not anymore, it’s a terminal emulator but most have transitioned to just using Poweshell to SSH into things. I like multi-tabbed putty and use it heavily when configuring network appliances.

        It’s also not a Windows thing lol you can install it natively in Debian, Fedora, and Arch that I know of with the basic package manager of each.

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          11 months ago

          Oh lol TIL. I just read “PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform” on putty.org.

          I wonder how many of the people I work with have used it before. Maybe I’m an outlier for never encountering it.