3 ms·
"I've taught myself everything I've needed to know about Software Engineering" I respectfully suggest that you haven't (taught yourself everything you need to
by chrisbennet 7y ago
"I've taught myself everything I've needed to know about Software Engineering"
I respectfully suggest that you haven't (taught yourself everything you need to know). Not a criticism, we all thought we knew everything at that age, LOL.
Besides the credential, the value of college is that you "forces you to eat your vegetables". By that I mean you will learn about things that you aren't really interested in (at the time at least) or aren't as interesting as something else, but will be valuable later.
BTW: In case you also know everything you need to know about women, you can email me your wisdom. At 58, I still haven't figured them out. :-)
- chwind 7y agoNothing in the above specifically indicates that the writer is a man.
- Tagbert 7y agoNor does it specifically indicate heterosexual :) ... but the tone is a better match for a young straight man.
- chwind 7y agoA gay guy can still "know about women" (a phrase which to me is a dog whistle anyway). And the assumption based on tone is what I was trying to point out.
- chrisbennet 7y agoI'm not going to down vote you, but my question (about women) was gender neutral and innocent. BTW: My whole name is Christopher Bennet.
- rahimnathwani 7y agoNote they said "everything I've needed", not "everything I need" or "everything I will ever need". The most charitable reading is that everything they have learned about software engineering was self-taught, and that completing the degree is a poor investment of time vs. more self-learning or learning-on-the-job.