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I feel your pain! Except I'm chemical engineering...long story short. Go do a bootcamp, and build a portfolio. That's the the only credentials that matters.
by manglav 14y ago
I feel your pain! Except I'm chemical engineering...long story short. Go do a bootcamp, and build a portfolio. That's the the only credentials that matters. If you want a formal CS education, MIT has all of their CS classes on OpenCourseWare. I am confident that you can earn equivalent to what you would be making normally within a year at the most.
On a second note, I don't regret doing my technical degree for one second. You have an edge that most people don't, and you can combine it in a unique way. For example, I had the hardest time finding a catalyst I found in a paper. Why? Because they flipped the order Ti(n-Bu-O)4 vs Ti(O-n-Bu). Make a price search engine that searches Sigma-Aldrich/Dow. Design a better chemical species input. Make a javascript simulator for a virtual lab, and license it out to universities.
Make your opportunities! Good luck.
- thelogos 14y agoI don't regret my degree either. It was paid by financial aid, chemistry knowledge comes in handy on a daily basis. Being able to read to research papers and actually understand some of it opens the door to limitless knowledge. I just wish that access to scientific journals weren't so expensive.
- manglav 14y agoAgreed, I've never understood the system. Publicly fund the research, but not the access. The journal's should be non-profit, and the journal should charge a nominal fee. The rest, the government should cover.