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> despite years of experience and good knowledge of CS fundamentals Have you considered majoring in something other than CS? If you're adequately self-taught a
by throwawaygh 6y ago
> despite years of experience and good knowledge of CS fundamentals
Have you considered majoring in something other than CS? If you're adequately self-taught and need the degree, then might as well learn something new and useful.
- non-entity 6y agoThis is what I'm considering. I'm relatively content having been programming long enough. If I go back to school it probably won't be CS. On the flip side, unfortunately CS is one of the few useful degrees that's had enough schools create a worker-friendly program (i.e. online) so many other degrees probable mean dropping out of the workforce.
- bigasscoffee 6y agoDon't quit working to get a degree, and don't take on a lot of debt to get one.
- non-entity 6y agoUnfortunately the way the US education system is designed I don't have much of a choice atm.
- miguelrochefort 6y agoI have considered the idea, but I don't know if the additional effort would be worth the possibly marginal benefits. I've considered biology and law because they seem to pair well with software. Perhaps smaller niches would be even better.