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That's absurd, you're much better off going to a reputable school, working hard, grinding leetcode, completing internships, and then getting a $150k+/yr TC job
by Kephael 8y ago
That's absurd, you're much better off going to a reputable school, working hard, grinding leetcode, completing internships, and then getting a $150k+/yr TC job to start. You'll come out far ahead by going to a good school. If you're able to start at Google while you're still in high school, that's a different story.
- drb91 8y agoThis seems like a rather expensive way to experiment whether you’re well suited for something and like it.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoI have plenty of friends that dropped out of College with no degrees and now work for large tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. It's not really tough to come in as an E1 and work your way up, especially if you have a great GitHub/Gitlab and possibly experience as a dev at another smaller company. I see a lot of women coming in as E1's off of those 12 week software engineer bootcamps as well.
- nemothekid 8y agoThere's a difference between dropping out and not going at all. There are plenty of "elite" dropouts at FAANG.
- empath75 8y agoI never went to college at all and I’m making 150k a year at a large bank. It’s very possible to do with experience. But it takes a lot of experience.
- sosilkj 8y ago"$150k+/yr TC" ... is that considered an average/expected comp coming right out of college these days?