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If you don’t get a CS degree you’ll forever be a grunt doing some web development thinking you are doing computer science. Then you’ll probably go around tellin
by xwdv 6y ago
If you don’t get a CS degree you’ll forever be a grunt doing some web development thinking you are doing computer science. Then you’ll probably go around telling people you don’t need a CS degree.
But if you’re going to do science and push the state of the art, you must have a foundation in computer science, that means a degree from a fully accredited university.
- waheoo 6y agoAcademic gatekeeping looks so good on you. The question is whether it's worth getting a degree, not whatever the shit you're disgruntled about.
- nsxwolf 6y agoI mean, I have a CS degree and I’m a grunt doing web development.
- xwdv 6y agoBetter a computer scientist in web development, than a web developer in computer science, etc...
- CincinnatiMan 6y agoYou speak as if being a grunt doing webdev isn't a good gig. I have a degree in chemical engineering and do webdev stuff, but I know I'm not doing computer science nor do I care to, I'm content making good money doing easy work.
- learc83 6y agoThat’s fine now, but times change, and you change. Are you going to be happy after 20 years doing grunt work? Even if you are, the industry advances, and that kind of grunt work has a history of being automated away. Web masters probably felt the same way. You don’t need to get another degree, but since you have the math background, it wouldn’t be that hard to spend some time on CS fundamentals.