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My experience has been quite different. True that some of the most technically skilled programmers I know of had no degree, but the polished ones, the ones I fi
by djhaskin987 7y ago
My experience has been quite different. True that some of the most technically skilled programmers I know of had no degree, but the polished ones, the ones I find easier to work with, tend to have one. Further it's pretty easy for me to tell if a person's degree was a CS degree or not just by talking to someone about the problems they have and how such problems might be solved with code.
That's not to say it's required; some of the best professionals I know have non-CS degrees (one in fine art -- painting) or no degree. But if you're still young, I submit that a CS degree is totally worth your time.
- ilaksh 7y agoThe argument that I was making was clearly stated at the beginning of my comment. It is significantly different from the supposed argument that you seem to be refuting. Notice how I did not say that "the developers that certain degree holders find to be most 'polished' and easiest to work with will on average not have a degree". Notice how I also did not say that a CS degree was not worth people's time.