USC graduate school - computer science

psydent
Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:40:59 +0000

^ It’s still that way.
To clarify, night job profs does not mean they’re less intelligent. I used that term to represent they’re still working in industry and usually have a more practical or application based focus then other profs. What I meant by brilliant profs are ones who tend to deal more in theory and research. Sorry if the implied connotation was not clear. All USC profs are obviously quite intelligent (even if you disagree with the grade you receive).

Example: last year I had a prof that worked by day and lectured 2 nights a week. Sure he just talked off the slides, but it was an easy class. He wasn’t liked by many because he has an edge to him, but he was a good prof if you knew how to interact with him (well thought out questions). I liked his class but others thought he was too hard because they were bad programmers and his class had a significant implementation portion. His class was a valuable learning experience to me because I put a lot of effort into it, and it ended up being fun. Others seemed to give up too easily.