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As someone who is a web developer but has taught myself a lot of deeper skills and concepts in math and cs, I find it frustrating that there are no middle of th
by baerrie 4y ago
As someone who is a web developer but has taught myself a lot of deeper skills and concepts in math and cs, I find it frustrating that there are no middle of the road roles that use those skills. Being a backend web dev is about all I can hope for. Perhaps I’ll get a masters at some point? (Very unlikely)
- RugnirViking 4y agoI quit a dev job and went to university and studied robotics (I didnt want to study CS directly as I felt knowing some parts and not others would mean id struggle for motivation). I don't regret it at all, and having strong dev skills has helped me greatly in robotics industry jobs as well - just recently in a new job I was able to take on an app project that the company was relying on but whose sole maintainer had left months ago. It wasn't part of my core role, but I instantly embedded myself as someone who is valuable
- baerrie 4y agoAh this is a great point. I have pretty broad interests so pursuing something that uses code but would be a more niche degree might actually be more up my alley. Was your robotics degree a secondary degree (grad degree here in the US)?
- RugnirViking 4y agoI actually didn't have a degree before so I went and did both a batchelors degree and then a masters. The university I studied in was quite good so I stayed at the same uni for both (I think that maps onto undergrad + grad). Took me 6 years in total - the maths foundation for robotics is different and kinda intense so im glad to have done the batchelors, I think I would have been quite lost on the masters directly. That being said, I did move to a country where tuition is free (denmark) so a longer degree only cost me time
- baerrie 4y agoOh, very cool. I think I would need to do something similar because I have an English degree and Film degree so no crossover with mathy stuffs