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I have a degree and then some. But if what you are thinking about is a regular "build a website in this dynamic language using this new-fangled framework that i
by bjourne 9y ago
I have a degree and then some. But if what you are thinking about is a regular "build a website in this dynamic language using this new-fangled framework that is the best thing since sliced break" job, then yes, they are losing out. What you need for that is experience coding, coding, coding, coding. But things like linear algebra, master thesises, relational algebra, complexity analysis, compiler construction, finite automata theory and all that amazing and fun stuff that you dabble with in universities is, more or less, completely useless.
- tiuPapa 9y agoI dunno. I am self teaching and I am finding things like compilers, os stuff, grammars, fsm, automata stuff, etc quite helpful. Like trying to write a parser helps understand the code I am writing a bit better, as well as understanding how abstractions like futures and promises could be working below the hood. While I understand that I may not be always right in the way I am understanding these stuff, I won't say they are completely useless.