# Dev Degree - A Big Bet on Software Education

DevFeed: [Dev Degree - A Big Bet on Software Education](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dev-degree-a-big-bet-on-software-education-1365.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/dev-degree-a-big-bet-on-software-education>)

Author: Jean-Michel Lemieux; CTO

Published: 2018-09-24T13:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [software-education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-education.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify's Dev Degree is a work-integrated learning program that combines an accredited university degree with substantially more practical experience than a traditional co-op. The article presents it as a response to software talent and diversity shortages and to the gap between university theory and workplace skills.

## Source excerpt

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin When I decided to study computer science at university, my parents were skeptical. They didn't know anyone who had chosen this as a career. Computer science was, and still is, in its infancy. Software development isn't pure science or pure engineering -- it's a combination of the two, mixed with a remarkable amount of artistic flare.