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What's interesting is that she didn't go to college-- she got offers from companies that had training programs. I started programming professionally in 1990.
by RickJWagner 6y ago
What's interesting is that she didn't go to college-- she got offers from companies that had training programs.
I started programming professionally in 1990. This is how many of the older colleagues I started with got their starts.
- noir_lord 6y agoNot that old but I started in the late 90s without a degree. Hasn't hurt my career so far, the people my level are a mix of degree/no degree. Had to go back and fill in the theory I missed over time as I've needed it occasionally. I still hold that programming for the real world should be taught as an apprenticeship, throwing people from CS into a software developer role is just unfair.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> programming for the real world should be taught as an apprenticeship, throwing people from CS into a software developer role is just unfair. Isn't this what junior software developer roles do?
- noir_lord 6y agoNot in my experience, very little teaching seems to be the norm. They just get thrown in with little oversight and support (unless they land on my team then I do my best to protect them from that).