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I have always recommended people get an MBA and self teach the development skills. There is a value to higher education: Bachelors - You can communicate in wri
by austin-cheney 3mo ago
I have always recommended people get an MBA and self teach the development skills. There is a value to higher education:
Bachelors - You can communicate in writing.
Masters - You can plan and prepare business documents for planning and proposals
Doctors - You can do research
To me uneducated people can still have skills, but their utility into management becomes questionable even though education certainly does not make anybody a better manager. I do however question the future value of education if most young people have never read a book or cannot write a simple essay without AI.
For me the ability to communicate is the most important skill, because programming is a form of writing. So, if I were hiring for a software team manager I would have absolutely no reservations about putting them on camera and watching them hand write a 5 page essay within an hour. It’s one of those don’t waste my time and I won’t waste yours kind of things.
- LtWorf 3mo agoI have worked with self taught programmers and the fact that they don't know the first thing about the most basic and well known algorithms makes cooperating with them painful.
- austin-cheney 3mo agoYeah, I have never bothered with memorizing patterns myself. I always found that to be a waste of time.
- LtWorf 3mo agoYep, it is, if you always work with more experienced people who are there to guide you.