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Not allow myself to be so spooked by freshman Calculus that I switched to the least-technical major possible (American Studies), and ultimately dropped out of S
by robertakarobin 3y ago
Not allow myself to be so spooked by freshman Calculus that I switched to the least-technical major possible (American Studies), and ultimately dropped out of Stanford after two years. Now I'm 12 years in to an accidental career as a software engineer. I often think about going back to get a Computer Science degree, but there isn't any point at this level of seniority; it would just be for the love of learning. That feels like too big of a luxury for a guy nearing 40 with a family.
- wollef 3y agoCoursera, MIT opencourseware, etc are great if you don't need the degree.
- fullstick 3y agoThis is probably an unpopular opinion, but I think it's totally okay to go to school at any time even if you won't help your career and you can afford it. I'm going to finish my cyber security masters 11 years into my web dev/software engineering career and I have no regrets because I have learned so much. I have no plans to become a cyber security analyst or anything like that. I just want to know how computers and the Internet work and how to write secure applications.
- sureglymop 3y agoHighly agreed. It helps to go to a school where maybe there are people of similar age (usually in part time programs there are more older people). I'd say it's more impressive to finish school at an older age just due to how much more "life-management" there is then.