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Got a CS degree from an Indonesian university In my campus (at least 2 decades ago), database system, concurrent programming, and network programming were mandatory courses.

We learnt the fundamental concepts plus do some programming, e.g for database: relational model, normalisation etc and coding in Java/PHP with Postgres/Oracle.

Our curriculum is pretty generic, and most of the alumni work in the industries as software engineer, IT consultant, startup founder, etc. Not many do academic work.

I'm not saying that all of us understand the basic concepts well, though. Some maybe only read a bit of theory and spend more focus on writing apps, instead.



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