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About 95% of the value of a degree for me has just been not ever having to explain why I don't have one. Maybe 99%.
by shantly 7y ago
About 95% of the value of a degree for me has just been not ever having to explain why I don't have one. Maybe 99%.
- BossingAround 7y agoThat's basically why I'm going through the university myself. I already have a job, being in a mid-level SWE position, but because of quite large imposter syndrome, I decided to try the uni. At this point, I'm past the disappointment. I'll finish the degree just to demonstrate "see? I could do it" and not to justify to my future employers why I don't have one.
- moneywoes 7y agoAre you doing it part time?
- BossingAround 7y agoYes, there are a number of good online degrees, OMSCS [1] being probably the most popular one. [1] http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/ http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoOn the other hand, I use things learned during my university education on a regular basis. If a person goes into jobs that don't require the use of their education, well, the college did not send out their job applications, the person did.
- BossingAround 7y agoThe point is not that the information is useless. The point is that I firmly believe you can get the education (and consequently, all the information) for free, on your own. Getting a degree is nothing but formalization of that process that'll set you back a pretty penny.